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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variety, 1 cm. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type II, 2 cm long by 1.5 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round. Chape-end. Missing. Design, lai; Nav. I. Sword Total length. 72 cm. Total length of hilt. 6.2 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.2 cm. Grave goods Jug with plastic ring around its handle (height, 9 cm). La Tène B 2 . Literature. Pastor (1954) 335, 338 ff, 427, Fig. 151 (jug), Fig. 153, left (scabbard); De Navarro (1972) 96, Fig. 27.1a-b; Zachar (1974b) 58, Fig. 3a-b; Petres (1982) 164, 171, Fig. 14; Zachar (1987) 14, Fig. 6; Szabó (1989b) 122 f, Fig. 2.5. ROMANIA 96. PECICA/PÉCSKA (District Arad). Chape-end of a scabbard. AMJ (PL 95.2). Scabbard Chape-end. Type Kosd A 2 . Design. Plastic Style, with Waldalgesheim motifs. Literature. Zura (1971) 181, Fig. 2.2-3. 97. PISKOLT/PISKOLT (District Satu Mare/Szatmár). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 40. CMI (PI. 96). Scabbard Mouth. Type Ai, straight-sided variety, probably reshaped. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back (?). Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IC, arched, or possibly Type II (?). Loop-plates. Round, with protruding rivets. Chape-clamps. Round, domed. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Variant of the Kosd B type, closed. Design. la!+3; Nav. I, and ornamental openwork mount. Sword The tang is surmounted by a small discbutton, now broken. Grave goods Twinned iron shield boss; iron shield handle with two rivets; bronze fibula with knobdecorated bent-back foot, the knob and bow bear incised decoration, the spring-mechanism is six-coiled and has an external cord; hollow armring of sheet bronze with bead-row decoration; vessel; urn; bowl; shoulder fragments of a decorated pot or flask with arcaded, concentric circle stamped ornamentation; bronze (?) ring. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Németi (1975) 196 ff, Pis VI-VII. 98. SANISLAU/SZANISZLÓ (District Satu Mare/Szatmár). Scabbard. Cremation grave 1. CMI (PI. 95.1). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. Cca 10.8 cm. Breadth. 6.4 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1.1 cm. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back (?). Design. lai; Nav. II. Literature. Zirra (1971) 190, Fig. 8.20, 221; Fig. 22; Idem, Studii si Comm. II (1972) Fig. 4.1-4, PL XLIX; Bulard (1979) 29, Fig. 1.2; Petres (1982) 163, 170, Fig. 9; Szabó (1989b) 120 f, Fig. 1.4. 99. TARIAN/KŐRÖSTARJÁN (District Bihar). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation burial 34. OMTC (PL 97.2). Scabbard Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety (?). Midrib. Less prominent. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IIIA. Loop-plates. The upper plate is round, the lower one is shield-shaped. Design. lai; Nav. II. Folded in four. Sword Folded in three. Grave goods Spearhead, folded in two; knife; urn. Literature. Chidio§an-Ignat SCIV 23 (1972) 566, Fig. 7.7-8. 100. TRANSYLVANIA. Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. SMB (PL 97.1). Scabbard Mouth. Type Ai, straight-sided variety. Midrib. None. Design, lbi; Nav. II. Sword Hilt-end. Fits to a Type Ai mouth. Literature. Pârvan (1926) 281, Fig. 336; Zirra (1971) 183, Fig. 3.19.
