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Historical Archive: Horses, Bridles, and Saddles through 12th century See also winged horses. horse head, bone, Magdalenian c.18,000-12,000 BCE, La Roche Lalinde, Dordogne, SMB MVFg Va 7216 horse head, limestone, Egypt c.1345 BCE, SMB EgMP ÄM 23717 bone horse, c.1000 BCE, Dyakovskaya culture, MSHM bronze horse, Greek c.750-30 BCE, AIC 2016.193. This work has its own page. horse, bronze, Greek south Italy (Apulia) c.600-550 BCE, poss. from horse tack, MFAB tin rider, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM horse Kyllaros: Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci with Ajax and Achilles playing dice, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. Chorasmian horse, 4th c. BCE-4th c. CE, Hermitage belt plaque, cast bronze, late 1st millennium BCE, SF 1952.48. For profile view see SF. Roman relief (emperor?) on Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages. This photo not available at high resolution. grave stone with soldier trampling an enemy, Paris 1st c. CE, Musée Carnavalet Paris AP 44 Roman horse and rider fibula, bronze/enamel, prob. 1st-2nd c., MStA 1981.2873, which has its own page Roman horse and rider fibula, bronze/enamel, prob. 1st-2nd c., MStA. For back see MStA. Rider trampling another figure, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26140. For reverse see Kelsey. Sun god in a quadriga, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 63.4.16, Bonner 227. For reverse see Kelsey. Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page grave stone of Vonatorix from Bonn, limestone, 50/60 CE, RLM. For full work see RLM. painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page horseman spearing an enemy, sandstone grave stone, from Kirkby Thore (Eng.), 2nd c., BM 1969,0701.2 grave stone with Orpheus from Dunapentele, 2nd half of 2nd c., HNM "Thracian Horseman" funerary relief, marble, 2nd-3rd c. Macedonia, MFAB 50.962 victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM Valerian (253-60) captured by Shapur I (241-72), Sassanian sardonyx cameo, c. 260 CE, CdM Babelon 360 horse BAEATVS, 4th c. gold-glass fr. Pljevlje, Montenegro, KHM XI 1178 Porphyry sarcophagus of Helena (d. c.330), 1st third of 4th c., Vat 238. This work has its own page. charioteer: VINCENTI NICA/ FANESTRO (cursive), gold-glass, c.350-400, KHM XI 1734 hunt, Italy? c.350-400, bronze/silver/copper, Louvre Br 3448/MND 889. For full work see Louvre. Valens adventus, gold 1.5 solidi, Trier 375-78, SMBMünz 18200866 Ascent of Elijah, sarcophagus from under St Peter's, Rome, marble, c.390-400, Louvre MR 688, 753, 806. This work has its own page. plaque from Babenhausen, silver gilt, 5th c., LMM N1490 horse? gold bracteate, Denmark c.500, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5838 Saint Sergios ampulla, tin-lead alloy, 6th-7th c. Syria, WAM 55.105 solidus of Justinian I, gold, 527-65, DO BZC. For full work see DO coins. Barberini Diptych, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page. pierced disk with rider, tinned copper alloy, 7th c., area of Amiens, BM 1891,1019.57 2-horse fibula, bronze, 7th c., fr. Bad Kreuznach, SMB MVFg Ii 1757 horse? Christ as rider, α ω, gold ring fr. Chelles, 7th c., MAN 14158 Oseberg cart, 8th-early 9th c., OsloVSM, which has its own pages Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós. Rider (Charles the Bald or Charlemagne?), bronze, 9th c., Louvre OA 8260. This work has its own page. Oseberg tapestry, c.834, OsloVSM, which has its own pages Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page with another horse. Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more horses Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page disk with falconer, silver/gilt, 12th-13th c. Volga Bulgar, Morgan 2012.2:92 Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page with more horses engaged capital with 2 martyrs and (?)allegory, limestone, c.1125, MAHSD. For contiguous faces see the Saint-Denis museum page. Seal of William, count of Nevers (modern cast), 1140. AN D859 engaged capital with procession of relics of St. Denis: St. Genevieve, 1140-44, Saint-Denis basilica crypt, which has its own page with contiguous faces of capital, with another example. hunting: Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. Seal of Raoul, count of Vermandois (modern cast), c. 1146. AN D1010 Adel church 1150-70, which has its own exterior and interior pages Ascension of Elijah: Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. battle of the Milvian Bridge: Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page with more horses. Magi: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. Seal of Pierre de Courtenai (modern cast), count of Nevers, 1184. AN D863 Mina'i ware beaker with Shahnama story, Iran late 12th c., Freer F1928.2. This work has its own page with more horses. candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight, Lotharingia? late 12th c., KGM 85.56. For another view see KGM. portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page rider, metal plaque, undated, Novgorod AM