Ancient Scythian Warrior's Ritual/Burial 4" Iron Ritual Battle Axe c. 400-700 AD

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Ancient Scythian Ceremonial or Votive Axe
Square Socketed Iron Battle Axe
North-Iranian Saka and
Scythian
Peoples
400—700 AD
Item: Ancient Scythian Ceremonial or Votive Square-Socked Axe
Material: Iron
Length: 4” (104 mm)
Height:
2.12” 54 mm)
Weight: 6.5 oz. (184 gr.)
Civilization:
North-Iranian Saka and Scythian Peoples
Est. Date: 400—700 AD
Condition: This ancient Scythian artifact shows heavy oxidation/pitting and has been professionally cleaned, conserved, and treated with a special sealer developed and formulated to aid museums in ancient metal preservation.  It is protected by a museum approved, micro-crystalline wax by Renaissance Wax to reduce further oxidation.
The patina shows beautiful traits only found in authentic ancient weapons.
Ancient Weapons in Scythian History {Courtesy of WIKIPEDIA}
This small, ancient ceremonial iron axe head dates to about 400 AD to 700 AD.  This smaller size was intended for ceremonial or votive purposes and
not
made for or used in actual warfare.
It would have been offered in a ritual ceremony to the gods for a successful battle or perhaps entombed with a fallen warrior for his use in the afterlife.
Scythian Warriors and Weapons
According to Herodotus, the Scythians were ruthless and nearly invincible warriors who made cloaks from their victim’s scalps and drank from their skulls and sacrificed one out of every hundred prisoner of war. Wealthy Scythians reportedly gilded the insides of the skulls of their enemies and used them as drinking cups.
Scythians are credited with creating the first truly effective cavalry and employing tactics described as an ancient version of the
blitzkrieg
. They attacked their enemies on horseback and cut down their enemies with weapons shaped like this smaller, ritual example. They were difficult to fight against because they traveled swiftly on horseback and their nomadic ways made them difficult to attack and even find their base of operations.
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