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Lovas solymász, Jamal-félsziget, 10. század

Magyar trébeléses aranyozott ezüsttál csíkokra vágva. Valószínűleg Magna Hungaria vagy a volgai Bolgárország területén készült a 10. században, innen került északra, a Jamal-félszigetre, ahol a helyi népesség körében valszínűleg rituális célból csíkokra darabolták.

Irodalom: Н. В. Фёдорова: Торевтика Волжской Болгарии. Серебряные изделия X-XIV вв. из зауральских коллекций. In: Труды Камской археолого-этнографической экспедиции. Вып. III. Перм, 2003. 138–153., kép: 150. [1]

Treasures of the Ob. St. Petersburg: Formika. 1996. 55. szám (kiállítási katalógus)[2]

55. Plate depicting a rider with an eagle.

Silver, gilding. Diameter 20.3.

Hungarians before resettlement in modern Hungary. 9th century

Found on the river Yuribey (Vasilenko collection). Stored in the Yamalo-Nenets Regional Museum of Local Lore. Salekhard, inv. No. OF 1120/33.

The round plate was probably carved in the old days along the contour of the central medallion from a silver dish (cf. Cat. No. 54 ). The finders cut the medallion into narrow strips to make fishing lures. Separate sections were lost. The manufacturing technique and background gilding are the same as for cat. Nos. 53 , 54 .

Above the rider's head is a rough hanging hole. The rider and horse are in many ways similar to the images on the bowl with a spearman (cat. No. 53 ). In particular, the human mouth is not shown. The horse's bits are carefully drawn, but there is no mouth either. The rider holds the rein in his left hand. A bird of prey sits on his right arm, judging by the size of an eagle, although the legs and some details are not the same as those of an eagle. Above the left hand is a flying bird (duck?), which should become the prey of the hunter. Such iconography of falconers is very well known in the countries of Islam during the 9th-13th centuries. (for examples see Benda. 1963). On the head of the rider is a crown. A very similar equestrian hunter is depicted on a Hermitage silver dish found in the Kama region (Smirnov, 1909 , ill. 157; Darkevich, 1976 , pl. 56, 4; Marschak,1986 , Abb. 119). Both dishes belong to the group of early Hungarian vessels, which was best characterized by N.V. Fedorova (Fedorova, 1990). The curly brace motif in the blanket pattern and on the side seam of the boot is used in a coarser form on the second course with the hunter. The cutting of the belts and the tail of the bird on both dishes is the same as on the wall painting of the 9th century. the Iraqi residence of the caliphs of Samarra and on Central Asian silverware of the 10th century. (Marschak, 1986 , S. 96-103, 345-347). With all the undoubted belonging of the mentioned vessels with figures of horsemen to one early Hungarian group, which also includes a bowl with an equestrian spearman (cat. No. 53 ) and a bowl with a lion (Smirnov, 1909 , ill. 290; Darkevich, 1976, tab. 56, 3), it should be noted that on the plate with p. Yuribey is the least stylized horse and that there are so few specifically Hungarian elements on it that if there were no other products, it would be impossible to attribute it to the Hungarian circle, as D. Laszlo did in relation to the dishes with horsemen known to him (László, 1957, p 185). This feature, as well as the proximity to Middle Eastern samples dating back to the time after the 830s, allows us to think of a date within the second third of the 9th century, when the Hungarian style proper only began to take shape.