The plate represents a nomadic horserider spearing a boar, set within a rectangular decorative frame.

His horse had elaborate trappings, the tail is covered and tied with a knot at the end, the mane is curt short.

[8] More specifically, according to Francfort, the plate may have been made for a patron related to the Xiongnu, and may be dated to the 2nd-1st century BCE: the rider wears the steppe dress, his hair is tied into a hairbun characteristic of the oriental steppes (as also seen in the Boar hunter), and his horse has characteristically Xiongnu horse trappings (as also seen in the Plaque of the wrestlers).

[10] The treatment of the figure as well as stylistic elements such as the frame using a Hellenistic egg-and-dart pattern, suggest a Hellenized artist.

[11] Decorated belt buckles and plates are a common feature of Central Asian art in the period, but various materials can be used, such as horn or bone.