Artwork:
Diamond-shaped closing mount with a rectangular opening in the centre through which the leather strap was threaded. The opening is framed by four symmetrically disposed palmette motifs. There is a rivet in each corner of the reverse. Two of the three bronze mounts adorning the upper section of the closing strap have hatched borders and are ornamented with geometric, dot terminalled designs, the third one also has a hatched border enclosing a geometric design of three lines combined with dots. The three bronze mounts at the upper section of the closing strap decorated with a double plaited ribbon design echoe the ornamentation of the tarsoly mounts of Bodrogszerdahely. The strap end is ornamented with a palmette design. There are two rivets at the reverse. Each corner of the tarsoly lid was decorated with diamond-shaped bronze mounts, each with a foliate design. A parallel to these mounts, are those found in Tiszavasvári and Karos.

Usage:
According to contemporary written notes, this was the burial of one of the most high-ranking men. Only three of the eight mounts from the lower section of the closing strap remained. Similar, mount ornamented tarsoly-s were found at Kiev, Smolensk, Chernigov, and the region around the lake Lagoda. It is most probable that the custom of wearing mount-ornamented tarsoly-s was diffused by the ancient Magyar-s of Etelköz to nearby regions.

Inventory number:
Jósa András Múzeum, Nyíregyháza - central mount: V.170. (old number); upper mounts of closing strap: V. 774-776.; mounts above strap end: V. 777-784.; strap end: V. 785.; corner mounts of lid: V. 771-773.

Literature:
Jósa 1914a, 206.; 1978, 225.; Dienes 1964.; 1973.; Fodor 1977c, 87-101. Taf. XIX-XV.; 1981, 85, 87-88.; 1994, 52-53.; 1995a, 135, 139-140.; Révész 1990.