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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ends in a plain knob. The grip is gently profiled with mouldings, with a pair of circlets above and underneath. Hawkes' Class D. Length of hilt. 13.5 cm. Breadth. 7.5 cm. Length of blade. 37.2 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Literature. Mészáros (1965) 28, Pl. VIII.4 (findspot given erroneously as Györköny); KKM, 51, Cat. no. 94, Fig. 94; Petres (1979) 172, Fig. 1, PI. 1.2. 39. LITER 1 (County Veszprém). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 96.1912.1-2 (Pis 43-44). Scabbard Length. 62 cm. Breadth. 4.7 cm. Mouth. Type Ai, straight-sided variety, but later reshaped, the top was cut off. Midrib. Very low. Overlaps. Front over back, broad, salient, overlapped to its tip. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IB, bar-shaped, ornamented, 3 cm long by 0.5 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round, with rivets. Chape-clamps. Round, domed. Chapebridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Kosd C, decorated, of the "bird head" type, with the bird eyes indicated by punch marks, the inner sides of the finials are hatched. Total length of chape. 13.5 cm. Chagrinage. Stippled background to the dragon-pair, with a punch mark on each finial. Design. lai-|-4a; Nav. II on the front plate (but the heads of the dragon-pair are cut off), 3b+5; Waldalgesheim Style. Sword Total length. 72.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 9.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.1 cm. The tang is surmounted by a flat disc button. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Márton (1933-34) 134; Hunyady (194244) 109; De Navarro (1972) PL CXXX.la-c, see also Index of Sites; Szabó (1972) 764 f, Fig. 5a-b; Szabó (1974b) 249; KKM, 23, 41, Cat. no. 71, Fig. 71; Szabó (1977) 213 f, 217, Fig. 3a-b; Petres (1982) 162, 169, Fig. 5; Bulard (1982) 157, Fig. 2.2; MegawMegaw (1989a) 126 f, Fig. 182 (top); Szabó (1989b) 120 f, Fig. 1.2. 40. LITER 2 (County Veszprém). Chapeend of a scabbard and its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 96.1912.3-4 (PL 45.1). Scabbard Only the lower part of the scabbard has survived. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. Missing. Chape-end. Type Kosd B, ornamented. Present maximum length. 13 cm. Design. 4a; HSS, phase 1. Sword Total length. 79.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.2 cm. Literature. Szabó (1982) 186, Fig. 12. 41. LOVASBERÉNY-ALSÓTELEK (County Fejér). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation burial 1. SzIKM, inv. no. 91.1.1 (Pis 46-47). Scabbard Fragmented in three. Present maximum length. Front plate, 11 cm, reverse, 30 cm, lower part, 15 cm. Breadth. 4.8 cm. Mouth. Broken. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back, overlapped to its tip. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type HIB, 1 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round, ornamented with incised triskels. Chape-clamps. Round, domed, adorned with incised lines. Chapebridge. None. Chape-end. Navarro's Type 10, closed, decorated. Total length of chape. 14 cm. Design. lb!+3b+4a; Nav. I/II (?)+HSS, phase 1 on the front plate; 2b+5; HSS, (phase 1 on the reverse). Sword Total length. 73 cm. Total length of hilt. 10 cm. Breadth. 4.4 cm. Folded in two. Grave goods Twisted sword chain; two rings; spearhead; spear-butt; shield boss, wide, band-shaped, with two dome-headed rivets, incomplete; fragment of a shield rim; knife; bronze razor; fragments of two iron fibulae; spring-mechanism of an iron fibula; two hollow rings of sheet iron, perhaps an anklet or an armring, oxidised together with the fragment of a fibula. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Petres (1991) 42. MAGYARSZERDAHELY (County Zala). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 33.1937.5 (PL 48). Scabbard Length. Cca 87 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, 2 cm. Midrib. Narrow. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. Frontal reinforce, or ferrule (the reverse side is missing), two ornamented rosettes connected with a bar. Loop. Missing. Chape-clamps. Missing. Chapebridge. Straigth, decorated. Chape-end. Type Kosd C. Design. 2ai+lai+4b; Nav. Ill, infilled with HSS motifs.
