Open Access“Armour fragment” from the Szentes-Lapistó early Avar period burial – Data for saddle types of the Early Avar Age Transtisza region
Author(s) -
Bence Gulyás
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
communicationes archæologicæ hungariæ/communicationes archaeologicae hungariae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-295X
pISSN - 0231-133X
DOI - 10.54640/cah.2019.115
Subject(s) - saddle , period (music) , ornaments , archaeology , bronze age , ancient history , bronze , history , geography , art , engineering , mechanical engineering , style (visual arts) , aesthetics
In the 6th–7th century, elites of Eastern Europe and the Carpathian Basin used similar objects to represent their power – mainly the swords with P-shaped suspension loops and horse harnesses. Of the latter, this paper concerns saddles, to the pommel of which a rectangular piece of chainmail was installed, often further ornamented with bronze and silver fittings. The artefact from Szentes-Lapistó, originally described by Dezső Csallány as a “neck-covering net” can be identified as one of these ornaments.