Scythian Sword 7th Century BCE

"The regions beyond are known only from the accounts of the Issedonians, by whom the stories are told of the one-eyed race of men and the gold-guarding griffins. These stories are received by the Scythians from the Issedonians, and by them passed on to us Greeks: whence it arises that we give the one-eyed race the Scythian name of Arimaspi, "arima" being the Scythic word for "one," and "spu" for "the eye."

-Herodotus, The Persian Wars, Book 4.27

Scythian sword of gold and iron, 7th century BCE. Found in Melgunov (Litoi) Barrow. Dnieper Area, near Kirovograd. Current location: The State Hermitage Museum (not on display)

 

 

 

Source:

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.%20archaeological%20artifacts/879687/!ut/p/z1/jY_LCsIwEEV_xX6ATlr7chkiWKs1UnzEbGQotg3UptTgwq83iCvB6uwunDlzByQIkC3eVYVG6RYbm08yPHNKQ3fKSMpZMCeU59sgZ5sFcX04vgDyZSgB-c_-ACCH9emvA_YDr89YVoHs0NRj1ZYahBdMRtgXNV50oytVYGOjUSUW5gYijmZhHNlu8sO-XEXWvgsSzg_MY_4bGOjXXffisU6Ioo7zBAcisyU!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?lng=en

 

Quote:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Herodotus/Herodotus4.html