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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Sword Total length. 80.5 cm. Length of hilt. 12.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.5 cm. The flat, squarish tang is surmounted by a disc button. Grave goods Ornamented spearhead (see Cat. no. 87); shears, with S-motifs and wavy lines on its blade (length, 24.8 cm, breadth of blade, 3.6 cm); twisted iron sword chain; iron fibula with knobdecorated bent-back foot, incomplete, external spring-mechanism probably four coiled; urn; animal bones. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Megaw (1989a) 98; Bujna (1989) 279280, 282, 329, Fig. 41.4, Pl. XXXII. 87. DUBNIK/CSÚZ (District Komarno). Spearhead. Cremation grave 30. NAUSAV (PL 87). Iron spearhead with incised ornament Length. 24.3 cm. Breadth of blade. 6.3 cm. Length of socket. 4 cm. Round rivet at the base of socket. The socket is ornamented with incised wavy lines and S-motifs. Grave goods See Cat. no. 86. Literature. Bujna (1989) 279, Fig. 38, 329, PL XXXII.4. 88. DUBNIK/CSÚZ (District Komarno). Scabbard with its sword. Inhumation grave 31. NAUSAV (PL 88). Scabbard Length. 71 cm. Breadth. 5.8 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety, 0.8 cm. Midrib. Promiment. Overlaps. Front over back. Loop. Lost. Chape-end. Type Kosd C, 5 cm. Design, lai; Nav. I. Sword Reconstructed total length. 85 cm. Total length of hilt. Cca 14 cm. Breadth of blade. 5 cm. The flat, squarish tang is surmounted by a disc button, with a disc headed rivet underneath. Grave goods Iron sword chain; iron spearhead (length, 45 cm, incomplete, breadth, 11.5 cm, length of socket, 7 cm, Rapin's Type lb, "forme classique à douille courte"); shield boss; shield rim fragments; iron fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot terminating in two buttons (described by Bujna as "stilisierte Vogelkopf'); iron fibula with bent-back foot, external springmechanism with 3 or 4 coils, ornamented with a disc on each side; iron fibula with bent-back foot, the spring mechanism has an external cord and is three-coiled. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Megaw-Megaw (1989a) 98; Bujna (1989) 280 ff, 330 ff, Fig. 41.2, Pis XXXIII-XXXIV. 89. I2A/IZSA-LEÁJSTYVÁR (District Komarno). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find (?). BBSM, inv. no. 1614 (PL 89). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. 16 cm. Breadth. 6.5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, 2 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IC, arched, 1 cm long by 1.2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round, with rivets. Design. 2a 2 ; HSS, phase 1. Sword Total length. 85.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 11.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.5 cm. The squarish tang has two flat disc with grooved sides and is surmounted by a double knob. Literature. Zachar (1987) 17, Fig. 9. PL 120-121. 90. LfcKOVCE/ISKELVA (District Trebiáov/Tőketerebes). Scabbard with its sword. Inhumation grave 2. MZM (PL 90). Scabbard Only the upper part of the front plate has survived. Present maximum length. 12.3 cm.Breadth. 5.6 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. Design. 2a 2 ; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 82.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.4 cm. The tang is surmounted by a button. Grave goods Iron spearhead (length, 25 cm, breadth, 5.7 cm); iron "Hiebmesser" (length, 36.5 cm); iron fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot and four coiled external spring-mechanism (length, 13.3 cm); iron razor; iron shears; two iron rings; whetstone; two urns. La Tène Ci. Literature. Vizdal (1976) 152 f, Figs 3 (burial), 5.2, 9.2, 8.1 (grave goods) 14 and 16.2 (scabbard and sword); Zachar (1987) 20, Fig. 12, PL 122. 91. IÍKOVCE /ISKELVA (District Trebiëov/Tôketerebes). Scabbard with its sword. Inhumation burial 7. MZM (PL 91).
