Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)
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bilateral, straight, narrow, decorated. Chapeend. Missing. Design. 3a+5; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 87.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 13 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.3 cm. Hiltend. Subtriangular form- The squarish tang is surmounted by a knob with wing-shaped terminals, now broken. Two flat discs with grooves along the edge are set on the hilt. Grave goods Twisted sword chain; shield boss, one side is broken (Gournay 's Type HIB, present length, 16.5 cm, height, 6 cm); fragment of a shield rim; bronze fibula with bent-back foot ornamented with two knobs, external, fourcoiled spring mechanism, the knob and the bow are decorated (length, 15.5 cm); iron fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot, and two-coiled spring-mechanism (length, 6.3 cm); iron fibula with two knobs on its bent-back foot (since lost); spearhead; ring of sheet bronze with plastic decoration, possibly an armring or an anklet (since lost); a rivet. La Tène Ci. Literature. Érdy (1859) 35; Képatlasz, Pis IVV; Pulszky (1879) 11 (sword), 12 (sword chain), 13 (shield boss); Hunyady (1942-44) Fig. 35 (knife and spearhead are stray finds); Hunyady (1957) 154; Szabó (1971) 25, Fig. 4; Szabó (1982) 180, 188, Fig. 19; Szabó (1985a) 46, Fig. 6 (suspension loop). 61. SZOB (County Pest). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 147.910.56 (PL 63, 111. III.2). Scabbard Fragmented in four. Present maximum length. Front plate, 15 cm, 19 cm, reverse, 11 cm, 14 cm. Breadth. 6 cm. Mouth. Incomplete, probably Type A 2 , high campanulate variety (?). Midrib. None. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. The top of the reverse and the lower part of the scabbard are missing. Design. 2a 2 ; HSS, phase 1. Sword Total length. 75 cm. Total length of hilt. 9.2 cm. Breadth. 4.6 cm. The end of the squarish tang is broken. Literature. Szabó (1982) 184, Fig. 3 (detail). 62. SZOB (County Pest). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 13.947.1 (PL 64). Scabbard Present maximum length. Upper part, 24.3 cm, lower end, 12 cm. Breadth. 4.8 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, framed with engraved zig-zag lines on the reverse, 1.6 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. T/V form on the reverse. Loop. Type II, 2.3 cm long by 1.5 cm broad, ornamented with three vertical grooves. Loopplates. The upper plate is formed by the arm of the T/V form reinforce, the lower one is oval with elongated tip. Chape-end. Type Ai. Total length of chape. 6 cm. Design. 2a 2-H5; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 93 cm. Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Literature. Unpublished. 63. SZOB (County Pest). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 47.1910.52 (Pis 65-66). Scabbard Length. 75 cm. Breadth. 5.6 cm. Midrib. Type A 2 , normal variety, 1.5 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral, T-type. Loop. Ic, arched, 1 cm long by 1 cm broad. Loop-plates. T-type, the lower one is oval, decorated. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. Missing. Chape-end. Type Bi. Design. Front plate, lb+3b+4a, reverse, lbi+5+4a; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 86.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 11.5 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. The squarish tang is ringed and is surmounted by a campaniform double knob. Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) Pl. XLV.4; Szabó (1972) Fig. 20; KKM, 42, Fig. 79, Cat. no. 79; Szabó (1977) 217, Fig. 7b; Szabó (1982) 181, 189, Fig. 22. 64. SZOB (County Pest). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 14.1950.41 (PL 67). Scabbard Length. Cca 64 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Mouth. Front plate, incomplete, reverse, probably Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety. Midrib. Broad, salient, framed by two engraved lines. Overlaps. Front over back, broad, salient, the front plate is framed by a double engraved line. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type II (?). Loopplate. The upper loop-plate is round with a large, round rivet, the lower one is probably shield-shaped. Chape-clamps. Round. Chapebridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Kosd C.
