Painted Soghdian Horseman on a Shield from Mug

Photograph 20. Picture of a fully armoured horseman on a leather-covered wooden shield found in the Castle of Mug, Sughdian Central Asia under early Islamic suzerainty, early 8th century (Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia).
Source: p.226, "The Iconography of a Military Elite: Military Figures on an Early Thirteenth-Century Candlestick (Part II)" by David Nicolle, in Mamlūk Studies Review Vol. 19, 2016