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. 31. Bow hilt 31/b kép. Ijmarkolat have been part of trappings, or they could have ornamented the saddle blanket which was of some strong material.

8 8 I. DIENES : A honfoglaló magyarok lószerszámának néhány tanulsága. Some lessons of the conquesting Magyar's trappings. Arch. Ért. 1966. 230. В. SZŐKE: A honfoglaló és koraárpádkori magyarság régészeti emlékei. Archaeological monuments of the conquesting and the early Árpád age Magyars. Tan. I. (Bp. 1962) 18. E. H. TÓTH: Honfoglaláskori sír Kiskunfélegyházán. A Conpuest Period grave at Kiskunfélegyháza. Arch. Ért. 1974. 124. The Szakony saddle is ornamented by silver mountings attached on wood in the middle of the front pommel I. DIENES: Die Ungarn um die Zeit der Landnahme. Bp. 1962. 66. The Izsák—Balázspuszta mountings have riveted stud ends, thus they could have been attached to leather only, and not to wood. Similar metal mounted saddles must be presumed among the Bodrogvécs find also Gy. DOKUS: op. cit. Arch. Ért. 1900. 43. Plate 3, fig. 8—11. I. DIENES: Orosháza története. A honfoglaló magyarok. (The history of Orosháza. The conquesting Magyars.) I. 146. 25. no. 1 note. 9 Gy. LÁSZLÓ: A honfoglaló magyar nép élete. The life of the conquesting Magyars. Bp. 1944. 436. fig. 54. The sabretache The small strap-end, buckle and mounting of the grave can be considered to be part of the well known structure of the reconstructed sabretaches unanimously. 9 This shape of small strap-end can be often found among our analogies, although the special tracing of the leaf patterns at the intersection of the curves makes this piece belong to the very rare types (Plate 20/14). The miniature buckles can be found at the sabretache plate graves of Kenézlő, in the no. 6 grave of Tuzsér, and among the finds of Karos, Besenyőtelek, Kisdobra, among many other sites. The only variâttion is among the bodies of the buckles, although 159