Скіфський σάγαρις: слово — образ — археологічний обʼєкт

• Published in: Археологія
• Date: 2025
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-46
• ISSN: 2616-499X
• Author Affiliations: H. V. Vertiienko — PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Eurasian Steppe, A. Yu. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Academic Visitor, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
• Main Author: Vertiienko , H. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Archaeology NAS of Ukraine 2025
• Subjects: бойова сокира; σάγαρις; скіфи; античні джерела; лексична історія; античне мистецтво; іконографія.
• Online Access: https://arheologia.com.ua/index.php/arheologia/article/view/406
• Journal Title: Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface

The term σάγαρις is analysed in the article. This word was used in Classical sources to designate a specific Scythian weapon — a battle-axe. The lexical history of the word, its meaning and translation, as well as the ways of representation of Scythian battle-axes in ancient art and their archaeolog...