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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Back over front (?). Loop. Type HIB. Loopplates. Rounded. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. Missing. Chape-end. Type Kosd C. Design. 2bi; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 64 cm. Total length of hilt. 8 cm. Breadth of blade. 5.2 cm. Hilt-end. Fits to a high campanulate mouth. The tang is surmounted by a large knob. Folded in two. Grave goods Iron spearhead (length, 73 cm); fragments of a twisted, iron sword chain; fragments of an iron fibula with bent-back foot, the bow has three small knobs, the pin is missing. La Tène CL Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) 114, Figs 16-17; ECA, 177, No. 119, PL 70; Hunyady (1957) 241; Todorovic (1968a) 66, Fig. 15.5; KKM, 45, Cat. no. 83, Fig. 83; Szabó (1982) 189, Fig. 21; Megaw-Megaw (1989a) 132, Fig. 196, near right. 139. SREMSKI KARLOVCI /KARLÓCA (Voivodina, Serbia). Scabbard. Stray find. ZAM, 18937 (PL 125.1). Scabbard Only the upper part of the front plate has survived. Present maximum length. 5.5 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety, 1.5 cm. Midrib. Narrow. Design, lai; Nav. Ill + HSS, phase 2. Literature. Hunyady (1957) 234 (findspot); Majnaric-Pandzic (1970) Pl. XXXIX. 3 (another scabbard); Szabó (1974b) 249; Petres (1982) 165, 172, Fig. 18. 140. VELIKO MRAâEVO (Slovenia). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 1, possibly a cremation burial. BPM, inv. no. 1060-1064 (PL 126). Scabbard Present maximum length. Cca 11.1 cm + 14.4 cm, fragmented in two. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Mouth. Type B, 1.5 cm. Midrib. None. Overlaps. ?. Reinforce. None. Loop, loop-plates. Missing. Chape-end. Missing. Chagrinage. Made with a compound punch. Design, lbi; SSS. Sword Total length. Cca 84 cm. Total length of hilt. 13.5 cm. Breadth of blade. 3.6 cm. Mark. A boar mark on the left side, facing hilt-ward. Folded in three. Grave goods Spearhead with two rivet holes on the socket, folded in two; "Hiebmesser", with knobbed haft. Literature. GuStin (1977) 79, 82, 91, PL 8.1-4 (assigned to Mokronog phase 3, mature La Tène C). 141. VUÖEDOL. (Slavonia, Croatia). Scabbard with its sword. From a cremation grave. VGM, inv. no. Vc 329 (PL 127). Scabbard Only the upper part of the reverse and the chape-end have survived. Breadth. Cca 4.3 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , normal campanulate variety (?). Midrib. None. Overlaps. Back over front. Loop. Type II (?). Loop-plates. Broken. Chapeclamps. Round, domed, ornamented with triskels. Chape-bridge. Straight, ornamented, the upper edge takes the form of a wavy line, the lower one of a low arch. Chape-end. Type Ai, with in-pointed finials. Design. 4b; HSS, phase 2 (the upper part is missing). Sword Total length. Cca 82 cm. Breadth of blade. 4 cm. Grave goods Iron shield boss, band-shaped (length, 12 cm, breadth, 8 cm); iron fibula with two knobs on its foot (length, 11 cm). Literature. Majnarió-Pandzic* (1970) 98, 134, PL XLVIII. 142. ZEMUN/ZIMONY-GARDOS (Voivodina, Serbia). Scabbard with its sword. From a cremation grave. ZAM, inv. no. 4358 (PL 125.3). Scabbard Length. Cca 79 cm. Breadth. 4 cm. Mouth. Type Ai, straight-sided variety, 1 cm. Midrib. Less prominent. Overlaps. Back over front (?). Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IC, arched. Loop-plates. Round, with wing-like terminal, a rivet on the lower one. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Ai. Design. 2b 2 ; HSS, phase 2. Sword Total length. 88.5 cm. Total length of hilt. Cca 10 cm. Folded in two. Grave goods Bronze shield boss, round; bronze shield handle; iron knife; iron razor; iron spur; iron
