Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)
Abbreviations - Czecho-Slovakia
Loop-plates. Rounded, decorated. Chapebridge. Bird bridge. Chape-end. Type Kosd C. Total length of chape. 16.8 cm. Design. Front plate, 2bi, reverse, 3b (?)+5; HSS; phase 1. Sword Total length. 85.3 cm. Total length of hilt. 15 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.5 cm. Hilt-end. Wide, fits to a Type B mouth. The squarish tang is surmounted by a decorated double knob. Literature. Megaw (1970) 118, No. 183; Megaw (1973) 119 ff, Fig. 2, Pis 24.6, 27.3-4; Zachar (1974b) 61, 63, 79, Fig 6; Duval (1977a) 259, Fig. 319; Szabó (1982) 176; Megaw-Megaw (1989a) 128 f, Fig. 187; Zachar (1987) PI. 124-125. 83. DUBNIK /CSÚZ (District Komarno). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 15. NAUSAV (PI. 86). Scabbard Only the upper part of both scabbard plates has survived. Breadth. 5.3 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety, 0.5 cm. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Front over back (?). Loop. Incomplete, reconstructed as Type IA, band-shaped, 6.7 cm long by 1.8-2.2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Rounded. Chape-end. Destroyed, long and V-shaped (Type Ai ?) according to Bujna's description. Total length of chape. Cca 4.7 cm. Design, lai; Nav. I. Sword Total length. 79 cm. Length of hilt. 10.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.7 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to a mouth of subcampanulate variety. The squarish tang is surmounted by a flat disc, now broken. Folded in two. Grave goods Twisted iron sword chain, terminating in plastic decorated rings and knob, now fragmented in two; iron spearhead, with rivet and rivet hole in its socket (length, 51 cm, breadth of blade, 5 cm, length of socket, 5.5 cm, Rapin's Type lb, "forme classique à douille courte', folded in three); fragment of an iron fibula; fragment of an iron armring; urn. La Tène B 2 . .Literature. Megaw-Megaw (1989c) 98; Bujna (1989) 260, 263, Fig. 18, 282, 309, Fig. 41.1, PL XII.B. 84. DUBNIK/CSÚZ (District Komarno). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 16. NAUSAV (PI. 87). Scabbard Length. 66.3 cm. Breadth. 5.7 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety, 1 cm. Midrib. Less prominent. Loop. Type IC, arched, 5 cm long by 1.5-1.8 cm long. Loop-plates. Rounded. Chape-clamps. Round. Chapebridge. Reconstructed as of the straight type. Chape-end. Type Kosd C. Total length of chape. 13.5 cm. Design, lai; Nav. I. Sword Total length. 77.8 cm. Total length of hilt. 9.5 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to a subcampanulate mouth. Flat, squarish tang. Grave goods Iron spearhead (length, 35 cm, breadth of blade, 8 cm, length of socket, 9.5 cm, Rapin's Type IIIA, "forme large à douille longue"); iron razor; iron fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot, external spring mechanism with eight coils; situla-shaped urn. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Megaw-Megaw (1989c) 98; Bujna (1989) 260-261, 282, Fig. 41.3, Pl. XIII.A. 85. DUBNIK/CSÚZ (District Komarno). Spearhead. Inhumation grave 17. NAUSAV (PL 86). Spearhead Iron spearhead with plastic bronze decoration. Length. Cca 46 cm. Breadth of blade. 13 cm. Length of socket. 9 cm. Two round, domed rivet heads with plastic decoration on the socket. Rapin's Type lb, "forme classique à douille courte" . Grave goods Fragments of iron shield mounts; twinned shield boss with four large, round, domed rivets; shield rim fragments; iron ring (Domaradzki's group IA); iron razor; fragments of two vessels. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Bujna (1989) 10-15, 26-27, Pl. XV.9. 86. DUBNIK/CSÚZ (District Komarno). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 30. NAUSAV (PL 87). Scabbard Length. 62 cm. Breadth. 6 cm. Mouth. Type B, 1.8 cm. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back. Loop. Type IC, 6.8 cm long by 2.5-2.7 cm broad (together with the loop-plates). Loop-plates. Round. Chape-clamps. Round. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Kosd B. Total length of chape. 16.3 cm. Design, lai; Nav. I.
