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I know about this, I've seen a reconstruction of this quiver somewhere.
This is the Theodosia (a city, Kaffa I believe) Stele from the Crimea (i.e. the Bosporan Kingdom or possible Sarmatian).
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Page 212 of 'The World of the Huns' - Maenchen-Helfen contains a picture of the stele from Theodosia in the Crimea, first to third centuries. It represents the deceased Atta, son of Tryphon.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CrUd...ea&f=false
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Theodosia or Feodosia, as it's now spelled, a port in the southeastern Crimea, the hometown of my third wife. Quite possibly the Bosphorus Kingdom was controlled by the Aorsi, specifically, at this time... rather than the all-inclusive and generalized term "Sarmatian." Don't even ask me about the "Scythians."
We see an akinakes strapped to his outer right thigh, and he appears to be holding something-- perhaps a quick shot of hauma. The horse has one crennelation on its mane, maybe others missing from being defaced. Crennelated manes are an Alanic/Aorsi trait and extend back to the Yuezhi who trimmed their horses' manes in the same style.
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This phelara looks Germanic. I don't see a javelin case, but maybe the backside of a shield.
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What time period is that from?
I don't think it's a javelin case, it seems just to be decorative lines, nothing more.
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Evan,
The rider looks like a Vendel. Don't believe there is anything on this plaque that looks like a javelin case.
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