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BITS OF THE ARMENIAN CAVALRY WERE FOUND IN IJEVAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/08/02/97259/
August 2, 2012 17:40
Shahvalad Evanesyan, a resident of Ijevan from the village of Koti,
found items of scientific value in a crack of one of the cliffs around
Ijevan a few years ago - metal parts of a horse's bridle, bits. Sargis
Ter-Hakobyan, a resident of the town of Ijevan and a former worker of
the historic museum, informed that bridles with such a tight bit had
been mainly used for war horses; they are genealogically connected with
the Eastern countries. One of them is small in size; one can assume
that horses with such bridles were ridden since young age. The bit of
the bridle was put in the horse's mouth, the double check pieces that
were of leather were placed on the horse's tongue and the rear part
of the big round ring attached to the check piece was in the horse's
teeth. The bit was attached to the jaw with a throat lash through two
front rings. The reins of the bridle were attached to the big round
ring. Maneuvering was made easier by pushing the ring to the nostrils.
Probably this kind of bridles were brought to Armenia in the first
part of the second century from China through Persia and starting from
as early as the fourth century, it was the main type of bits of the
Armenian cavalry in the early Middle Ages. Those bits gave horses a
set of advantages - they couldn't neigh while riding and reveal their
whereabouts, they could trot longer distances without getting tired,
they couldn't bite other riders while riding and during a battle
or impede each other. Sargis Ter-Hakobyan informed that he kept the
finds of high historic value.
Voskan SARGSYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/08/02/97259/
August 2, 2012 17:40
Shahvalad Evanesyan, a resident of Ijevan from the village of Koti,
found items of scientific value in a crack of one of the cliffs around
Ijevan a few years ago - metal parts of a horse's bridle, bits. Sargis
Ter-Hakobyan, a resident of the town of Ijevan and a former worker of
the historic museum, informed that bridles with such a tight bit had
been mainly used for war horses; they are genealogically connected with
the Eastern countries. One of them is small in size; one can assume
that horses with such bridles were ridden since young age. The bit of
the bridle was put in the horse's mouth, the double check pieces that
were of leather were placed on the horse's tongue and the rear part
of the big round ring attached to the check piece was in the horse's
teeth. The bit was attached to the jaw with a throat lash through two
front rings. The reins of the bridle were attached to the big round
ring. Maneuvering was made easier by pushing the ring to the nostrils.
Probably this kind of bridles were brought to Armenia in the first
part of the second century from China through Persia and starting from
as early as the fourth century, it was the main type of bits of the
Armenian cavalry in the early Middle Ages. Those bits gave horses a
set of advantages - they couldn't neigh while riding and reveal their
whereabouts, they could trot longer distances without getting tired,
they couldn't bite other riders while riding and during a battle
or impede each other. Sargis Ter-Hakobyan informed that he kept the
finds of high historic value.
Voskan SARGSYAN