Persian heavy cavalry

[etruschi]

Yes some small photos of it were already posted here but it would be wonderful to have high resolution photos!


Is there any chance that someone could post a photo of the Khumbuz Tepe heavy cavalryman?

This is a picture of the much spoken by Khumbuz-tepe flask. Some say it's an armoured coat while others (like me) say it's an armoured saddle.
The peculiar round shape of it corresponds much more with the armoured saddle than with one of the 2 ends of an armoured coat. If it would have meant the end of a coat, in my opinion a part of the upper leg would have been visible. This was the case with for example Sarmatian armour and wouldn't have been the same in the case of the flask.
I can't believe the Saka never used scale armour. Scythians and Saka were kins, so scale armour(in the beginning) must have been used. Otherwise we can dismiss all representations made by scholars showing saka in scale armour. We may not forget there was a long time between the khumbuz-tepe flask and the khalchayan sculptures!!!
I won't be surprised if the early Parthian figure on the stone fragment depicts a cavalryman which legs are armoured by some sort of persian armoured saddle which covered the legs entirely. I'm not the only one who is convinced of this fact.
Greetings
philip