Equestrian Figurine Fragment

CBS Register: clay. Greek rider. Horse with strapping, large neck, stiff mane.

PBS XVI: Greek rider. His flat headdress not unlike the hat of the Athenian cavalry men, and close to the “causia” of the Macedonian riders, is very different from the Persian peaked cap. The horse has a thick mane cut in a brush and well modelled. The eyes are pellets. Bridle and strappings are marked by lines of small circles on the head, neck and nose. There is a hole for a bridle (?) in the mouth.

Fragment of a horse and rider figurine heavily restored. The horse's torso and legs as well as part of the mane and some of the rider are restored. There is a hole through the horse's mouth as if a bridle had been added, the eyes are pellets, and a bridle is visually indicated. The rider has thin distinctive legs (unlike the Parthian hand made legs which are just clay drags). The rider's torso, hand, face and hat are all reconstructed.