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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47. PERKÁTA 1 (County Fejér). Scabbard with its sword. From a disturbed inhumation burial. Lost. Formerly MNM (PL 53.1). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived, fragmented in two. Reconstructed length. 73.6 cm (without chape-end). Breadth. 4.8 cm. Mouth. Type Ai, straight-sided variety. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Back over front. Ferrule. On the front plate, two domed, decorated discs connected with a bar, with a decorated knob in the middle. Loop. Type II (?). The lower part of the scabbard is missing. Design. la 2 ; Plastic Style. Sword Total length. 87 cm, without tip. Length of hilt. 14.4 cm. The squarish tang is surmounted by a small knob. Grave goods Association unknown. Literature. Récsey (1890) 264 ff, Figs LA, II.3; Hunyady (1942-44) Pl. XVIII, Figs 18.3, 19; De Navarro (1972) 49. 48. PERKÁTA 2 (County Fejér). Scabbard with its sword. From a disturbed inhumation burial. Lost. Formerly MNM (PL 53.2) . Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. 6.6 cm. Breadth. 4.4 cm. Mouth. Type II, 2.6 cm, with upper border, Type 7. Midrib. None. Loop. ?. The lower part of the scabbard is missing. Chagrinage. Shagreened with an oval punch, arranged into horizontal bands separated by two horizontal rows of tremolo lines. Design, lbi; SSS. Sword Total length. ? cm. Length of hilt. 14.6 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to Type II mouth. The squarish tang is surmounted by a disc button. Grave goods Associations unknown. Literature. Récsey (1890) 265, 266, Figs 1.2, IL2a; Hunyady (1942-44) Figs 18.2a, 19.2, Pl. XVIII; De Navarro (1972) 105, note 2, 195 f, 287, PL CLVII.2a-b. 49. PERKÁTA 3 (County Fejér). Scabbard with its sword. From a disturbed inhumation burial. Lost. Formerly MNM (PL 53.3) . Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. 14 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Mouth. Type II, 2.4 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. ?. Reinforce. Bilateral, Tshaped on the reverse, only traces of it have survived on the front plate. Loop. Type III B, 1.6 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Triangular, with two protruding rivets. The lower part of the scabbard is missing. Design. lbi; SSS. Sword Total length. ? cm. Total length of hilt. 14 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.6 cm. Hilt end. Fits to a Type II mouth. The flat squarish tang is surmounted by a disc button. Grave goods Associations unknown. Literature. Récsey (1890) 265-267, Figs 1.1, IL 1la, III (grave goods); Hunyady (1942-44) Figs 18. 1la, 19.1, 20 (grave goods), Pl. XVIII; De Navarro (1972) 168, 196, 246, 249, 270, PL CLVII.3a-b; Kruta (1975) 384 f, Fig. 3B. 50. POTYPUSZTA-CSEHIMINDSZENT (County Vas). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. SzSM, inv. no. 79.2/1-2 (PL 54, ül. I). Scabbard Length. 61.5 cm. Breadth. .5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back. Loop. Type Ic, arched. Loop-plates. Round. Chape-clamps. Round. Chape-end. Type 10, closed. Design. 3c, stamped geometric and Waldalgesheim motifs. Sword Total length. 12.6 cm. Total length of hilt. 12.6 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.8 cm. The tang is surmounted by a button. Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) 112, Pis XLIL7, XLV.3; ECA, No. 127; De Navarro (1972) 43, 46; KKM, 20, 38, Cat. no. 69, Fig. 69; Duval (1975) 13; Frey (1978-79) 67 ff, Fig. 1; Duval (1977a) 255, Fig. 299; Szabó (1979) 164 f; Petres (1983) 52 f, Figs 2-4; Megaw-Megaw (1989a) 128 f, Fig. 189 (bottom). 51. RADOSTYÁN (County Abauj-Zemplén-Borsod). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 14. MHOM, inv. no. 76.8.36 (PL 55.1). Scabbard Present maximum length. Upper part, 13.6 cm, lower part, 20.8 cm. Reconstructed
