Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)
Abbreviations - Hungary
length. Cca 69 cm. Breadth. 5.7 cm. Mouth. Subtriangular form. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back. Loop. Type II. Loopplates. Round. Chape-clamps. Rounded, of "bird head" type, with irradiating incised lines. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Kosd C. Total length of chape. 12 cm. Charinage. Shagreened field between the dragon pair made with a ring punch. Design, lai; Nav. I. Sword Total length. 81 cm. Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth. 5.2 cm. The tang is surmounted by a small, flat disc. Folded in three. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Hellebrandt (1990). 52. RADOSTYÁN (County Abaúj-Zemplén-Borsod). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 15. MHOM, inv. no. 76.12.6 (PI. 55.2). Scabbard Present maximum length. 23.3 cm. Breadth. 4.4 cm. Mouth. Type B. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral, triangular, traversing the scabbard under the loop-plate, the front plate is ornamented with engraved wavy lines. Loop. Type II, 2 cm long by 1 cm broad. Loop-plates. Shield-shaped. Design. la 2 ; SSS (imitation). Sword Present maximum length. 67.2 cm. Length of hilt. 8.8 cm. Breadth. 4 cm. Folded in two. Literature. Hellebrandt (1990). 53. RÁBATAMÁSI (County Győr-Sopron). Scabbard. Stray find. Formerly in the collection of the GyXJM, now lost (PL 52.2). Scabbard Only the upper part has survived. Breadth. 5.4 cm. Mouth. Type B, reshaped. Overlaps. Front over back. Loop. Type Ic, arched, 2.5 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round, ornamented, the upper one is incomplete. Design. 5; HSS, phase 1. Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) Pl. XLIII.5; Hunyady (1957) 18; Megaw (1973) 124. 54. REGÖLY (County Tolna). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. MNM, inv. no. 83.1904.3 (PI. 56). Scabbard Present maximum length. 12 cm. Breadth. 4,5 cm. Mouth. Type B, 2 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front (?). Reinforce. Bilateral, two convex discs, each with a hole for inlay or rivets with ornamental heads on the front side, the two discs were connected by an arched bar, now missing; badly preserved T-type reinforce, probably adorned with discs, on the reverse. Loop. Type IIIA, 1.4 cm long by 1.3 cm broad. Loop-plates. The upper loop-plate is concealed by the curved arm of the T-type reinforce, the lower one is oval with palmetteshaped tip, both have slightly protruding rivet heads. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge, chape-end. Missing. Design, lbi; SSS. Sword Total length. 91 cm. Total length of hilt. 14 cm. Breadth. 4.2 cm. Hilt end. Made to fit a Type B mouth. The tang is not very tapered, save at its top. Literature. Unpublished. 55. REZI-REZICSERI SANDPIT (County Veszprém). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 4, a disturbed cremation burial. KBM, inv. no. 65.292.12 (PI. 57). Scabbard Present maximum length. 17 cm. Breadth. 4.8 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety (?), one side is broken. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back, probably overlapped to its tip. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type II, 2.3 cm long by 1 cm broad. Loopplates. Shield-shaped. Chape-clamps. Round, one is missing. Chape-bridge. None (missing ?). Chape-end. Type Kosd D. Total length of chape. 11.5 cm. Design, lai; Nav. I (incomplete). Sword Total length. 73.2 cm. Total length of hilt. 13 cm. Breadth. 4.8 cm. Hilt end. Surmounted by a flat knob. Folded in three. Grave goods Iron spearhead; clay flask; pot; bowl (KBM, inv. no. 65.292.13-16). La Tène B 2 . Literature. KKM, Cat. no. 84; Petres (1982) 165; Horváth (1987) 100, Pl. XVII. 1-5. 56. REZI-REZICSERI SANDPIT (County Zala). Scabbard with its word. Stray find from the area of the cemetery. KBM, inv. no. 74.2.1-2 (Suppl. 3).
