Vol. 2019 (2021): Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae
Studies

“Armour fragment” from the Szentes-Lapistó early Avar period burial – Data for saddle types of the Early Avar Age Transtisza region

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  • Bence Gulyás
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2019.115

Published 2021-11-23

Keywords

  • saddle, Eastern Europe, Transtisza region, 6th–7th century

How to Cite

Gulyás, B. (2021). “Armour fragment” from the Szentes-Lapistó early Avar period burial – Data for saddle types of the Early Avar Age Transtisza region. Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae, 2019, 115–125. https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2019.115

Abstract

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.

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