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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mention that the spearhead with geometric pattern came to light from a cremation burial, together with the ornamented spearhead and an iron sword. Later scholars accepted this piece of information without critique, and since the artefact in question has since perished it is no longer possible to examine it. Literature. Darnay/Dorner (1884) 231 f, Fig. E. 15; Darnay (1899) 40 f, 42, Fig. XV.l (sword); Márton (1933-34) 96, 132, Pis XXV.2a-b, XXVI.l (sword); ECA, 178, no.130, PL 72; Szabó (1971) 54, Fig. 23, 85, no.23; KKM, 83 f, Fig. IV; Lenerz-De Wilde (1982) 110, Fig.18; Duval (1982) 139 f, Fig. 4c. 8. CSABRENDEK (County Veszprém). Scabbard with its sword. From an inhumation burial; association unknown. KBM. Perished during World War II (PL 10.1) Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Maximum length. 14 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Probably front over back. Reinforce. None. Design. lb 2 ; Nav. II. Sword Total length. 75 cm. Total length of hilt. 11.2 cm. Breadth. 5.2 cm. The tang has winged terminals. Literature. Darnay/Dorner (1884) 227; Darnay (1899) 40 f; Reinecke (1902) 86; Márton (1933-34) 96, 131 f, PL XXV.l; Hunyady (1942-44) PL XLV.l; Szabó (1971) 58, Fig. 25.1; De Navarro (1972) 104, 121, Pl. CXXIX.4; KKM, 81, Fig. 11; Petres (1982) 162, 168, Fig. 2. 9. CSÁKBERÉNY (County Fejér). Sword. Stray find. SzIKM, inv. no. 5718 (PL 11.2). Sword Total length. 82.4 cm. Total length of hilt. 15.6 cm. Breadth of blade. 5 cm. Stamp. Double (?) stamp to the left of the midrib of the blade, an anthropomorphic mask and bust-mark, with a drop shaped (?) stamp underneath. Literature. Petres (1968) 35, Pl. III.4 and Fig. 1.3. 10. DINNYÉS (County Fejér). Anthropoid dagger hilt. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 15.1906.1 (PL 12). Dagger hilt Tripartite, cast bronze hilt, with the head set on the iron tang separately. The blade is missing. Length. 12 cm. Sunken human head with dot-and-circle eyes, straight short hair and a torques. Design. Plastic Style. Literature. Márton (1933) 116, PL XIV. 1; Hunyady (1942-44) 116 f, PL XLVII.3; ECA, 174, PL 55.88; Clarke-Hawkes (1955) 220, Pl. XXV. 7 (Class E); Szabó (1971) 47, Fig. 15.2; Petres (1971) 22.,Fig.lO; KKM, 50, Cat. no. 92, Fig. 92; Petres (1979) 173 f, 178, Fig. 4 and PL EL 1-2. 11. DANUBE RIVER, at Tahitótfalu. Sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 67.4.1 (PI. 11.1; 111. II.2) Sword Length. 86.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 15 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. The tang is rectangular in section and tapered. The shoulders are concave and sloping. The blade has a lenticular cross-section. Hilt-end. Rather thick. Design. Anthropomorphic bust-mark. Fibrous streaks on the blade, possibly the remains of the sheath. Literature. Unpublished. 12. GÁVA-K AT ÓH ALOM (County Szabolcs-Szatmár). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. NyJAM, inv. no. 64.1077.1-4 (Pis 13, 111. ULI). Scabbard Present maximum length. 26 cm + 16 cm (two pieces). Reconstructed length. 52 cm (without the chape-end). Breadth. 3.6 cm. Mouth. Type B, 1.5 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Front over back, broad and salient. Reinforce. Bilateral, with two dome-shaped, ornamented rosettes, one of which is missing. Loop. Type II, 2.5 cm long by 1.3 cm broad. Loop-plates. The lower one is round and decorated, the upper one is covered by the reinforce. Chape-clamps, chape-end. Missing, but probably of Kosd Ai type. Design, lbi+5; postWaldalgesheim. Sword Total length. 65 cm. Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth of blade. 3.3 cm. The squarish tang is surmounted by a large knob. Literature. Petres-Szabó (1985) 89 ff, Pis 1.2-3, II; Petres-Szabó (1986) 259 ff, 260, Fig. 3, 261, Fig.4. 13. GÖDÖLLŐ (County Pest). Scabbard with its sword. From a disturbed burial. MNM, inv. no. 83.1909.2-3 (PL 14).
