The Aspurgiani (Greek: Ἀσπουργιανοί or Ἀσπουγγιτανοί) were an ancient people, a tribe of the Maeotae dwelling along east side of the Strait of Kerch along the Palus Maeotis in antiquity. They seem to be identical with the "Asturicani" of Ptolemy (v. 9. § 7).
Scholars often attribute artifacts found in the Bosporus and Gorgippia, which featured the Sun god or its symbols, to the Aspurgiani tribes, indicating their Iranian descent.[1] These tribes were first mentioned in Strabo's works as the group who killed Polemo when he launched a treacherous attack.[2][3][4] An account cited that these tribes were more of a political party or a military colony rather than a tribe, having been founded by a person called Aspurgus, who once was a king of the Bosporan kingdom.[2]
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^Shaked, Shaul; Bhayro, Siam (2014). Intangible Spirits and Graven Images: The Iconography of Deities in the Pre-Islamic Iranian World. Leiden: BRILL. p. 105. ISBN9789004281486.
^ abMinns, Ellis (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128, 594. ISBN9781108024877.
^Strabo (2014-04-07). The Geography of Strabo : Volume II (Illustrated). Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN9781312078659.
^Dueck, Daniela (2017). The Routledge Companion to Strabo. London: Routledge. p. 158. ISBN9781317445852.
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