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. 95 cm. Total length of hilt. 17 cm. The tang is surmounted by a flat knob. Folded in three. Grave goods Iron knife (length, 9.5 cm); iron disc (diamètre, 4.4 cm). Literature. Spajic (1962) 44, Pis XXL 28, XXII.2930. 135. RITOPEK (near Beograd, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. From a double cremation burial. BMG, inv. no. 7101 (PL 123.2). Scabbard Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety. Midrib. Prominent. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral reinforce, T-type on the reverse, recumbent S-shaped bars on the front plate. Loop. Type IIIB. Loop-plates. The upper plate borders on the T-type reinforce, the lower one is elongated and has a rivet. Chape-clamp. D-shaped. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Ai, with in-pointed finials. Design, lai; Nav. Ill + HSS (but neither the exact position, nor the style of the ornamentation is clear from the published illustration). Sword Total length. Cca 96 cm. Three discs on the straight tang. Grave goods Scabbard (mouth, Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety; midrib, prominent; overlaps, back over front; reinforce, bilateral, T-shaped on the reverse, an arched bar (?) on the front plate; loop, Type IIIA; loop-plates, upper one is of the Y-shaped reinforce type, lower one is elongated with a rivet; chape-clamp, D-shaped; chapebridge, straight; chape-end, Type Ai, with incurved finials); sword (total length, 95 cm); two band-shaped shield-bosses with rivets; two spearheads; "Hiebmesser"; iron sword chain. La Tène C. Literature. Todorovic (1968a) 28; Todorovic (197374) 80 ff, Figs 1-8. 136. ROSPI CUPRIJA (Beograd, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 39. BMG, inv. no. 2760 (PL 125.2). Scabbard Incomplete, only the front plate has survived. Fragmented in three. Length. 31.5 cm, 36 cm, 5 cm (chape-end fragment). Resontructed length. Cca 78 cm. Breadth. Cca 5 cm. (Dimensions calculated from the illustration published by Bozic (1981) PL 7.7.) Mouth. A 2 , normal campanulate variety. Midrib. Narrow. Loop. ?. Chape-end. Reconstructed as Type Ai. Design. 2a x ; HSS phase 2. Sword Total length of blade. Cca 78 cm. Length of hilt. 12.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.2 cm. The total length of the sword has been defined as 97 cm by Todorovic (1967) 194, but his illustration suggests a length of 90.5 cm. Folded in three. Grave goods " Hiebmesser" with two knobs on the squarish tang. Literature. Todorovié (1968b) 196, Fig. 1.3-4; Todorovic (1974) 98, Fig. 77; Bozïc (1981) PL 7.7-8 (assigned to Beograd phase 2). 137. RUMA-BORKOVAC (Srijem, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. From a cremation grave. Local archaeological collection of Ruma (PL 123.1). Scabbard Breadth. Cca 5.4 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. Frontal reinforce of two domed discs. Loop. Type IB, bar-shaped. Loopplates. Rounded, with two rivets. Chapeclamps. Round. Chape-end. Type Kosd D, with ornamented rosettes. Design. 2ai+4; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 68 cm. Grave goods Bronze shield boss, band-shaped (length, 24 cm, breadth, 7 cm); three iron spearheads (length, 54 cm, 35 cm, 41 cm resp.). Literature. Todorovic (1968a) 149 f, Pis XLI.1-3, XLII.l (shield boss), XLII.3, 6, XLIII.9 (spearheads); Majnaric-Pandzic (1970) 40, 131; GuStin (1982) 201, Fig. 5.1. 138. álMANOVCI/SIMONUVEC (Srijem, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. From an inhumation burial. MNM, inv. no. 6.902.1-2 (PL 124). Scabbard Present maximum length. 15 cm. Breadth. 5.6 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, 2 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps.
