Vol. 3 No. 13 (2025)
Articles

A stirrup type with Byzantine provenience in Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Bence Gulyás,
  • Tamás Czuppon
Bence Gulyás
MCA – Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, Piliscsaba, Hungary
Tamás Czuppon
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2025.699

Published 2026-01-30

Keywords

  • horse tack,
  • stirrups,
  • Byzantine Empire,
  • Avars,
  • eastern European steppe,
  • early Middle Ages
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How to Cite

Gulyás, B., & Czuppon, T. (2026). A stirrup type with Byzantine provenience in Central and Eastern Europe. Dissertationes Archaeologicae, 3(13), 699–712. https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2025.699

Abstract

In this paper, we analyse a certain stirrup type that is rare in Central and Eastern Europe. It is characterized by a flat, narrow platform, strongly curved arms, and a rectangular eye. Based on the examination of the assemblages, these stirrups most likely developed in the Balkans in the first decades of the 7th century and were in use in the first half of the century.

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