Amulet Featuring the Image a Holy Rider from the South-Western Crimea
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2022

The bronze pendant in question in the form of a fine shield was discovered in the south-­western Crimea, in the vicinity of mediaeval Cherson. Its front side depicts a holy rider piercing a demon with a cross; the first words of Psalm 90 (according to the Orthodox Bible numeration) are engraved on the back. The image of a horse-­rider piercing with a spear a daemon laying below the legs of his horse is one of most popular apotropaic scenes. It appeared on amulets in the Late Roman Period and bec