Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)
Abbreviations - Czecho-Slovakia
Scabbard Only the upper part of the front plate has survived. Present maximum length. Cca 10 cm.Breadth. 4.6 cm. Mouth. Type B, 1.5 cm, with vertical hatching along the upper border. Midrib. None. Overlaps. ?. Reinforce. None. Design. 2b 2 (?); HSS phase 1. Sword Total length. 85.2 cm. Total length of hilt. 11 cm. Breadth of blade. 4.4 cm. The tang is surmounted by a large knob. Grave goods Iron sword chain; iron "Hiebmesser" (length, 32 cm); iron spearhead (length, 21.2 cm); iron shield boss; two urns; two bowls. La Tène B 2 /d. Literature. Vizdal (1976) 156 f, 160 f, 187, Figs 8.3, 9.4, 12.2, 19.2 (grave goods), 15 and 17.1 (sword); Zachar (1987) 22, Fig. 14, PL 123. 92. I^KOVCE /ISKELVA (District Trebiáov/Tőketerebes). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation grave 24. MZM, (PL 92). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. Cca 53 cm. Breadth. 6 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1 cm. Midrib. Broad, narrow. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IC, arched. Loop-plates. Rounded. Design. 2bi; HSS phase 2. Sword Total length. 84.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 13 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.7 cm. Grave goods Twisted iron sword chain (present maximum length, 12 cm); iron spearhead (present maximum length, 35 cm); iron arrowhead (length, 6.8 cm); hollow iron ring (diameter, 8.5 cm); six fragmented iron fibulae; bronze fibula with bent-back foot; two urns; bowl. Literature. Vizdal (1976) 168 f, 188, 179, Fig. 43; Zachar (1987) 21, Fig. 13, PL 128. 93. IÍKOVCE/ISKELVA (District Trebi§ov/Tőketerebes). Scabbard with its sword. Cremation burial 25. MZM (PL 93.1). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Breadth. 4.7 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , subcampanulate variety, 0.8 cm.Midrib. Salient. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Frontal reinforce, two rosettes and a knob on the bridge. Loop. Type IIIA (?), cca 2.2 cm long by 1.7 cm broad. Loop-plates. Rounded, with double rivets, the lower plate is broken. Design, lax; Nav. Ill, with the two rosettes of the reinforce forming the dragon heads. Sword Folded in three. Grave goods Twisted iron sword chain; lower part of an iron spearhead; iron shield boss, incomplete; iron wire fibula, probably with two knobs on the foot; two vessels; decorated clay knob, possibly from a vessel lid. Literature. Vizdal (1976) 170 f, 188, 180, Fig. 44.17; Zachar (1984) 76, Fig. 1.1-2; Zachar (1987) 18-19, Fig. 10-11. 94. KEÖOVO/KECSŐ (District Roznava/Rozsnyó). Scabbard with its sword. From a cremation burial. NAUSAV (PL 93.2). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. Front plate, 9 cm, reverse, 12 cm. Breadth. 4.8 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1.6 cm, lower border of Type ß, single wavy line. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. Bilateral reinforce, three discs connected with a bar, closed reinforce-clamps on the front plate, T-type, with mask-terminalled arms on the reverse. Loop. Type IIIA, 1.2 cm long by 1.6 cm broad. Loop-plates. Rounded, with rivets. The upper one has mask-shaped arms, the lower one is elongated. Design. la 2 ; SSS (imitation)-fPlastic Style. Sword Total length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Grave goods Fragments of a shield. Literature. Zachar (1974a) 84, 87, Pl. VIII. 1-3; Zachar (1984) 76, Fig. 1.4; Szabó (1985b) 43, 45, Fig 5.3; Zachar (1987) PL 126-127. 95. KO &ICE /K AS S A-B ARC A Scabbard. Cremation grave 1. KVM, inv. no. 5683ab (PL 94). Scabbard Only the upper part of the scabbard has survived. Present maximum length. Front plate, 21.4 cm, reverse, 20.7 cm. Breadth. 5.9 cm. Mouth. Probably Type A 2 , subcampanulate
