8th-9th century AD. A bronze gilded horse headpiece and twelve large circular bronze plaques from a Khazar horse harness, the headpiece formed as a large convex oval plate with a carved wavy edge and a hollow tube in the form of a truncated cone. See ??????? ?.?., '? ??????? ?? ?????? ????????????? ????????? ?????????? ???????? (?? ?????????? ?????????? ? ?????????? ?????????????????? ? ?????????????? ???????????)' in ?????? ???.? 413, 1998; ???????? ?.?., ????????? ? ????? ?????? ???????? VIII-IX ??. ???????? ????? ?. ?????????? ?????? (?? ??????????? ??????????? ????????? ???????????"). ???????. ???. ????. ??????, 1999; ??????? ?.?., '??????????? ??????????? ????????? ???????-??????? ???????? ?? ????????? ?????' in ??????? ?????????? 2001, no. 1-2. 248 grams total, 6.7-11.3cm (2 1/2 - 4 1/2"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960. Recent studies carried out at the Verkhny Saltovsky burial ground (Volchansky district of the Kharkov region) by the archaeological expedition of the Kharkov Historical Museum under the leadership of V.G. Borodulin (1984-1992), has allowed the discovery of several interesting complexes containing sets of horse harness ornaments, which included horse headpieces. Horse plume holders, along with other ornaments of harness belts, similar to our specimen, were found in three of four separate horse burials located on the north-western slopes of the Kapnnosovy ravine. [13, No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.