Скіфський меч зі Слов'янська

• Опубліковано в: : Археологія і давня історія України
• Дата: 2019
• Автори: Шелехань, О.В., Киркач, В.А.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: Українська
• Опубліковано: Інститут археології НАН України 2019
• Теми: Публікація археологічних матеріалів
• Онлайн доступ: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/163054
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Скіфський меч зі Слов'янська / О.В. Шелехань, В.А. Киркач // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2019. — Вип. 2 (31). — С. 375-384. — Бібліогр.: 54 назв. — укр.

Публікується скіфський меч V ст. до н. е. з фондів Слов'янського краєзнавчого музею. Recently new chance find of the Scythian long sword
 was presented in the Sloviansk regional museum.
 Thanks to attention of activists and officials, it was restored
 in a proper manner. The sword has zoomorphic antenna pommel, triangular
 crossguard and long blade with grooves. Due to analogies from the burials, this sword dates by the
 middle — late 5th century BC. Similar finds are known from Beresniahy, barrow 4, Aktash, barrow 48 and
 others. This period was time of permanent conflicts and instability
 in Northern Black Sea region. For example, such prominent sites as Motronyn and Western Bilsk
 hillforts became desolate. It is interesting that range of 5th century BC bladed weapon was very wide.
 At the same time, Sloviansk region was sparsely populated frontier of the Scythian culture. However, there are
 known some individual weapon chance finds and separated burials. They are located near the watershed rout
 that later was named Muravskii way. We can assume that they mark area of nomad’s strategic interests and
 points of clashes for the salt lakes and fertile floodplains in the Siverskii Dinets basin. In addition, it should be
 noted that hypothesis about chance finds of swords as remains of Ares’s altar has no reliable evidences.