Schmitt, Rüdiger (april 2018). ”Massagetae”. Encyclopaedia Iranica. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/massagetae. Läst 8 mars 2023. ”They must be included in one of the diverse Saka groups distinguished there, maybe the Sakā tigraxaudā 'with the pointed caps' (thus Junge, 1939, p. 80, etc.). But one should not overlook that among the 24 nations depicted on the plinth of the famous Darius statue as no. 12 are listed 'Saka of the marshes and Saka of the plains' with an expression that reminds one of Strabo 11.8.6, who distinguishes four groups of Massagetae living on the islands, the marshes, the mountains, and the plains.”
