Scythian archer 530-520 BCE

"The Black-cloaks all wear black clothing, from which they get their name; their customs are Scythian."

-Herodotus, The Histories 4.107.1

Scythian archer 530-520 BCE. Black-figure tondo from an Attic bilingual kylix. H. 13.50 cm; D. 31.50 cm; L. 40 cm. Louvre Museum.

Source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skythian_archer_Louvre_F126.jpg

https://roadrunnersguidetotheancientworld.wordpress.com/scythians/

Quote:

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D4%3Achapter%3D107%3Asection%3D1