Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer, 7th-8th Centuries, Cologne

Barham Gur Shoots a Lion and an Onager with One Arrow

Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer, on a silk textile, from the grave of St Cunibert in the Erzbischöfliches Museum, Cologne.

Silk fabric from the Shrine of St. Kunibert, 8th century AD Syrian, Erzbischöfliches Museum, Cologne.
Plate CVI, facing p336 Vol. 2 The military technology of classical Islam by David Nicolle
Also referenced as figure 119.
Vol. 2, p.346: Other definite or presumed Umayyad sources show horse-archers (Figs. 119, 120, 121, 122, 338 and 339), most of whom wear no visible armour except for helmets.

120. Fresco from Qaṣr al Ḥayr al Gharbī, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, National Museum, Damascus.
121. Fragmented statue from Qaṣr al Ḥayr al Gharbī, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, National Museum, Damascus.
122. Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.
338. Stucco plaque, 7th-8th centuries AD, Umayyad (?), Museum für Islamische Kunst no. 4424, West Berlin.
339. Stucco plaque, 7th-8th centuries AD, Umayyad (?) Metropolitan Museum no, 40.58, New York.

Possibly woven in Constantinople using an eastern motif, for the western market.

Back to the coloured image of this Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer, on a silk textile, from the grave of St Cunibert in the Erzbischöfliches Museum, Cologne.