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
HUNGARY 1. AKA (County Komárom). Sword with fragmented scabbard. Possibly from a disturbed burial. VLDM, inv. no. 4361 (Pl. 1; 111. 11.8). Scabbard Only the lower part with the bridge and the chapes clamp has survived. Present maximum length. 11 cm. Breadth. 4.3 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Probably back over front. Chapeclamps. Round. Chape-bridge. Straight, 1.3 cm. Chagrinage. Vertical rows of three squarish marks made with a compound punch. Sword Total length. 88.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 15 cm. Breadth of blade. 4 cm. The squarish tang is surmounted by a disc button. Three squarish stamp marks arranged horizontally to the right from the mid of the blade; the same stamps in a vertical row in the centre of the blade. Underneath, a third ornamental motif made with a compound punch an anthropomorphic bust mark. Folded in three. Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) Pl. XV.3; Filip (1956) 129, Fig. 40; Hunyady (1957) 30 f. 2. Environs of BALASSAGYARMAT (County Nógrád). Scabbard with its sword. Allegedly found in a disturbed cremation burial. MNM inv. no. 85.12.1 formerly in the collection of Sándor Pécsi (Pis 2-3). Scabbard Length. 78.6 cm. Breadth. 4.4 cm. Mouth. Type A2, high campanulate variety, decorated with a framed wave motif. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral. The front side has two domed rosettes, each adorned with an engraved triskel in the "champ-levé" technique, connected with a bar having a knob in its middle. The reverse can be assigned to the T-type with curved arms, each terminating in a human face resembling a mask in profile. Loop. Ic, arched, 2.1 cm long by 1.3 cm broad. Loop-plates. The upper one is T-shaped with masks, the lower one is round with a rivet, with the depiction of a human leg wearing an anklet underneath. Chape-clamps. Round. Chape-bridge. Straight, shaped like a low arch on each side. Chapeend. Type Ai. Total length of chape. 22.4 cm. Design. la 2 +5; incised ying-yang, Plastic Style. Sword Total length. 91.7 cm. Total length of hilt. 13.1 cm. Breadth. 4.2 cm. Hilt-end. Campaniform, terminating in two discs. Its internal maximum length is 1.5 cm, breadth is 4.8 cm. The tang is rectangular in cross-section, has a disc button and two flat discs. Grave goods Sword chain of the punched type ("gedellte Panzergürtel"). La Tène Ci. Literature. Szabó (1971) 88, nos 42-43, Pis 42-43, 47, Fig. 15.5; KKM, 41, 50, Fig. 91, Cat. no. 91; Bulard (1980) 41, note 16; Szabó (1985a) 39-48, Figs 1-2; Szabó (1989a) 20-21, PL 2,2. 3. BODROGHALOM-MEDVETANYA (County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 2, disturbed cremation burial. MHOM, inv. no. 66.20.7 (Pis 4-5). Scabbard Present maximum length. 53.5 cm. Breadth. 4.9 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1.3 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral. The front plate consists of four bars with three knobs inbetween, the reverse is of the T-type, ornamented with hourglass-shaped and vertical lines. Loop. Ic, arched, 2 cm long by 1.5 cm broad. Loopplates. Rounded; the lower one is somewhat elongated, both have protruding rivets. Chapeclamp, chape-bridge and chape-end. Missing. Design. lbi+2b; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 86.5 cm. The tang is surmounted by a disc button. Grave goods Spear head; sword chain of the punched type; shield-boss with openwork edges; bronze bracelet adorned with lyre-shaped plastic motifs. La Tène Ci. Literature. Végh (1969) 70, Pis XVI. 1, XVII.4-5, for the grave goods see Pis XVI.2,6, XV.2, XVII. 1, XV.6, XV.l; KKM, Cat. no. 82; Duval (1974) 112, Fig. 8b; Duval (1977a) 126, Fig. 120; Duval (1982b) 12-13, Figs 6-7. 4. BONYHÁDVARASD (County Tolna). Scabbard with its sword, stray find. MNM, inv. no. 20.1935.1 (PL 6).
