Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)
Abbreviations - Ukraine - Yugoslavia
Literature. Hunyady (1957) 232, quoting a sword, an ornamented spearhead, a punched sword chain, a fibula, a shield boss and a belt-hook as grave goods; Filip (1956) 135, Fig. 42.1-9; MajnariéPandzié (1970) 126 (findspot); Guâtin (1983b) Pl. XCI.3; Guátin (1984) 353 (findspot). 109. DOBOVA (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 1. BPM, inv. no. 12541-42 (Pis 106-107). Scabbard Length. 79.2 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Mouth. Type A2, high campanulate variety, 1.8 cm, upper border on the reverse of type 7, S-lines with dots. Midrib. Narrow. Overlaps. Back over front (?). Reinforce. Reverse side only. Loop. Type IIIA, 1.8 cm long by 1.2 cm broad, ornamented. Loop-plates. Trilobé, openwork, with rivets. Chape-end. ?. Design. 2bi+5; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 90.1 cm. Total length of hilt. 12.8 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.6 cm. Hilt-end. Wide, with engraved ornamentation. The tang is surmounted by a flat, oval knob with incised decoration. La Tène Ci/C 2 . Grave goods Two iron fibulae with bent-back foot; two solid iron armrings; urn. Literature. Guätin (1977) 79, 87, PL 4.1-4 (assigned to Mokronog phase 3, La Tène C 2 ); Guátin (1982) 200, Fig. 4; Duval, A. (1982) 10, Fig. 4 (design); Frey (1982) 238 (LTCi-Cz). 110. DOBOVA (Slovenia). Spearhead. Cremation grave 2. BPM, inv. no. 986 (PL 108). Iron spearhead Willow-leaf-shaped blade with marked midrib. Engraved ornamentation on the socket. Rapin's Type la, "forme classique avec douille courte" . Length. 39.6 cm. Length of socket. 6.6 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.7 cm. Design. HSS motifs on the socket. Grave goods Scabbard (length, 83.6 cm; breadth, 5.2 cm; mouth, Type A 2 , a variety of the subcampanulate and the subtriangular type, 1.6 cm, upper border of type 7, wavy lines set against a punched background, midrib, none; overlaps, back over front; reinforce, none; loop, Type IIIA; loop-plates, rounded with rivets; chape-clamps, bird headed; chape-bridge, bird bridge (?); chape-end, Type Ai, with in-pointed finials, 6 cm; chagrinage, covering the front plate, with half-moon shaped single punch marks); sword (total length, 94.3 cm; total length of hilt, 11.2 cm, breadth of blade, .4 cm; the tang is surmounted by a discbutton); punched and twisted sword chain; shield boss with trapezoidal wing (Rapin's Type V, Domaradzki's group II 2 IB); iron "Hiebmesser" ; two rings, one of them decorated. La Tène Ci/C 2 . Literature. GuStin (1977) 82, 88, PL 5.1-7 (assigned to Mokronog phase 3, La Tène C 2 ); GuStin (1983b) 101, PL XCI.1, 4 (spearhead); Rapin (1988) 98, Fig. 48 (design), 120, Fig. 59.3 (spearhead, shield boss), 122. 111. DOBOVA (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 5. BPM (PL 109.1). Scabbard Length. Cca 70.5 cm. Breadth. 5.2 cm. Mouth. Type B, 2 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Frame type with open reinforce clamps, on the reverse. Loop. Type IIIA, cca 2.4 cm long by 2.1 cm broad. Loop-plates. Semicircular, with protruding rivets. Chape-bridge. "Eye motif. Chape-end. Type Bii. Design. lbi+4b; eye motif. Sword Total length. Cca 90 cm. Total length of hilt. Cca 15 cm. Breadth of blade. Cca 5 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to a Type B mouth. The tang is surmounted by a disc-button. Folded in four. Grave goods Iron spearhead; band-shaped iron shield boss; shield handle; knife; tweezers, with textile remains; fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot which overlaps the bow, fivecoiled spring-mechanism; fibula with two knobs on its bent-back foot, two (?)-coiled springmechanism with external cord; twisted wire fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot which completely overlaps the bow, the pin and the spring-mechanism are missing; fragments of two fibulae; iron fragments; three vessels, a bowl, a pot and an urn. La Tène C 2 . Literature. GuStin (1982) Fig. 6; GuStin (1984) 329, Fig. 19 (assigned to Mokronog phase 3). 112. DOBOVA (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 6. BPM, inv. no. P2269 (PL 113).
