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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None. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. Frontal reinforce, two ornamented triangular sheets with closed reinforce-clamps. Loop. Type RIB, decorated, 1.5 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Rounded, decorated. Chapebridge. Straight. Design. 2a 2 +5; Nav. II + HSS, phase 1, with Waldalgesheim motifs. Sword Total length. 69.3 cm. Total length of hilt. 14.3 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.8 cm. Literature. Déchelette (1927) 463, Fig. 8; ECA, 94, PI. 247b; Hunyady (1942-44) 114, Fig. 37.1; De Navarro (1972) 94 f, 115, 122, Fig. 26, PI. CXXXVII.la-b; Megaw (1973) 119 ff; KKM, Cat. no. 296 (list of foreign lenders); Frey-Megaw (1976) 55 f, Fig. 8.1; Szabó (1977) 216, Fig. 5; Lenerz-de Wilde (1982) 104, 110, Fig. 17; Petres (1982) 163, 170, Fig. 7; Szabó (1982) 184 f, Figs 6-7; MegawMegaw (1989a) Fig. 190 (centre left), findspot given as "? Sremski Mitrovica". 128. MOKRONOG (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find(?). LjNM, inv. no. 3486 (PI. 119.2). Scabbard Length. 54 cm. Breadth. 5.7 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1.1 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IC, arched. Loop-plates. Round. Chape-bridge. Straight, with parallel hatching. Chape-end. Type Kosd D. Chagrinage. Punched dots within the HSS pattern. Design. 2a 2 ; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. Cca 68.4 cm. Total length of hilt. 10.2 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to a normal campanulate mouth, broken on the front side. The tang has wing-like terminals. Folded in three. Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) Pl. XLVI.3; Gabrovec (1966) 182 ff, 200 ff, 212, PI. l.la-d; KKM, (list of foreign lenders); Cat. no. 286; Frey-Megaw (1976) 55 ff, PI. 3.1; Szabó (1982) 180; MegawMegaw (1989a) 130 f, Fig. 194 (assigned to the La Tène Ba-Ci). 129. MOKRONOG (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find (?). WNM, inv. no. 32918 (PL 120.2). Scabbard Length. Cca 49.5 cm, without the chapeend. Breadth. 5.5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety (?), 1 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. Frontal reinforce, triangular, or large, closed, triangular reinforce-clamp (?). Loop. Type IIIA. Loopplates. Oval. Chape-end. Missing. Design. lb 2 ; Nav. Ill, "bird-pair", the lower tier of the ornament. Sword Total length. Cca 63 cm, without the tip. Total length of hilt. 13.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 5 cm. The squarish tang is surmounted by a disc-button. Folded in three. Literature. De Navarro (1972) 115, 122, 220 f, 310, Pl. CXXXVI.2 (findspot given as MokronogNassenfuss, ornithomorphic pattern described as influenced by Swiss models); GuStin (1977) 72, note 62, 82, PL 10.2 (in the acquisitions register of the WNM it is mistakenly described as having been found in grave 3). 130. Environs of NEGOTIN (Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. Stray find. NNMK, inv. no. 255 (PL 120.1). Sea bbard Incomplete reconstructed length. Cca 62 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Midrib. Less prominent (?). Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IIIA, 2.5 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round, with rivets. Chape-clamps. Rounded, D-shaped. Chape-bridge. Straight, with very low arch. Chape-end. Type Ai, with in-pointed finials. Design. la x ; Nav. Ill -f- HSS. Sword Total length. 73.5 cm. Total length of hilt. 11.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 4 cm. Literature. Unpublished. Drawing published courtesy of B. Jovanovic". 131. OD2ACI/HÓDSÁG (Voivodina, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. From a cremation grave with a chariot burial, SMG, inv. no. 1060. (PL 121.1). Scabbard Only upper part and the chape-end of the scabbard have survived. Reconstructed length. 80 cm. Breadth. 5.8 cm. Mouth. Type B, 2.5 cm, lower border is of Type 7, with single and wavy lines. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front (?). Reinforce. Reverse, frame type. Loop. Type IIIA, 2.5 cm long by 2 cm broad. Loopplates. Semicircular, with protruding rivets. Chape-clamps. Ornithomorphic. Chape-bridge. Bird bridge. Chape-end. Type Bi. Total length of chape. 15.8 cm. Chagrinage. Plain punches on the front plate. Design, lbi; SSS.
