Re: VMs: some context for strange characters

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mart Vabar wrote:

> How old is this tamga-stuff?
> 
> http://slavic.freeservers.com/slovo/News31.html
> a heraldry enthusiast at this place with good pics believes,
> they are of Polish origin ... he should better mention Lithuania ...

Neither, actually - they were used by the steppe peoples.
There is, however, a theory that Polish armorial devices
(later adopted by Lithuanian families) developed from
the Sarmatian tamgas. This theory is not widely accepted, though.

Best regards,

Rafal
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