Horváth Attila – H. Tóth Elvira szerk.: Cumania 4. Archeologia (Bács-Kiskun Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei, Kecskemét, 1976)

H. Tóth E.: Az Izsák-balázspusztai honfoglaláskori lovassír

Fig. 22. Sabretache plate, Izsák-Balázspuszta (reconstruction) 22. kép. Tarsolylemez, Izsák-Balázspuszta (rekonstrukció) shaped decorations of trappings, whereas the very analogous rivetlined simple plated sabretache fragments cannot be reconstructed. The listed parallels though are all decorated by one or more rivets or ornaments. It can be then justly concluded that the piece of our find is the most puritan of all complete and/or restorable examples. The saddle already known Conquest Period bone plated saddles. Since the position of the saddle in the grave was so irregular, investigating the in situ finds some doubts emerged considering the position of the different elements on the saddle, and the saddle type itself. But after careful sorting and placing the objects into order again these doubts were resolved.

28 The formation of the reconstruction were the position and the size of the pommel covering plates. The bone plate-decorated saddle of the Izsák— Balázspuszta grave provides novelties relative to the 28 The reconstruction was executed by Zoltán Szálai, which was the first attempt to complete the saddle. I would like to thank him for his efforts here. 163