Editing Scythians (section)

===Other weapons and armour===
In addition to the bow and arrow, the Scythians also used weapons such as iron spears, long swords, short swords borrowed from Georgian Bronze Age weaponry, bimetallic pickaxes, called [[sagaris|{{translit|grc|sagaris}}]], war axes, [[lance]]s, [[Dart (missile)|darts]], [[lasso]]es, and [[Sling (weapon)|slings]].{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=155}}{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=75-77}}{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}} The Scythians used locally-made small hide or wicker or wooden shields reinforced with iron strips, often decorated with central plaques.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=155}}{{sfn|Melyukova|1995|p=45}}{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=77}}

[[File:Placa en forma de cérvol tombat, trobada al túmul de Kostromskoy a Kuban, segle VII aC.JPG|thumb|right|Golden decorative plate shaped like a stag from a Scythian shield]]
[[File:Placca pantera, da regione di krasnodar, kurgan chertomlyk, oro a sbalzo e cesellato, fine VII sec ac..JPG|thumb|right|Golden decorative plate shaped like a panther from a Scythian shield]]
Some Scythian warriors wore rich protective armour and belts made of metal plates.{{sfn|Gleba|2008|p=19}} Commoner warriors used leather or hide armour. Aristocrats used [[scale armour]] made of scales of bone, bronze, and iron sewn onto leather along the top edge. This style, also used to protext horses, had been borrowed from West Asia. Helmets were in various types: cast bronze helmets with an opening for the face, called "Kuban type," were made by the [[Peoples of the Caucasus|Caucasian peoples]]; these were replaced by Greek-made [[Attic helmet|Attic]], [[Corinthian helmet|Corinthian]], [[Chalcidian helmet|Chalcidic]], and [[Phrygian helmet|Thracian]] helmets in the 6th century BC; and composite scale helmets made of iron or bronze plates started being used in the later 6th century BC. Greek-made [[greave]]s were imported from the 5th century BC.<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Parzinger|2004|p=77}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|2018}}|{{harvnb|Sulimirski|1985|p=156}}|{{harvnb|Melyukova|1995|pp=45–46}}}}</ref>