Equestrian figures were popular subjects during the Coptic period. These were often forms of imperial iconography, sometimes associated with Alexander the Great or Roman emperors. However, mounted subjects are also part of the hunting scenes on Roman mosaics and sarcophagi, where the horseman symbolize the triumph over death or of good over evil. This example, with opposing horsemen in opposite color schemes on either side of a haloed saint or holy person may represent the idea of Christian victory over paganism. The wildly elongated arms and enlarged heads and eyes of the horsemen are typical of the exaggeration and distortion that give Coptic textiles such vitality.