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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Double stamp in vertical position to the left of the midrib, depiciting an anthropomorphic halfmoon mark with a boar mark underneath. Grave goods Associations unknown. According to the recollections of the finder, the inhumation grave also contained an iron spearhead of bay-leaf shape with broad midrib and a short socket which is ornamented with double engraved arched lines and circles (length, 32 cm, length of socket 2 cm, Rapin's Type lb, "forme classique à douille courte"; IKM, inv. no. 8433); iron or bronze armring with beaded decoration; urn sherds; human bones (latter being listed in the IKM acquisitions register). Literature. Petres (1968) 35, Pl. III.1-2, Fig. 3.1-2; De Navarro (1972) 312, mentioned as a Swiss arm found in the East Celtic zone". 27. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard. Perhaps from grave 1. MNM, inv. no. 46.951.2 (PL 26). Scabbard Broken in four. Present maximum length. 68 cm. Breadth. 4.5 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, 1.5 cm. Midrib. Narrow. Overlaps. Front over back (?). Reinforce. None. Loop. Type II, decorated with an X-shaped doubly engraved line. Loop-plates. Long and tongue-shaped, 2 cm long by 1 cm broad. Chape-clamps. Round, with a raised but flat, round centre. Chape-bridge, chape-end. Missing. Design, lai+5; Nav. I. Grave goods Associations uncertain. Literature. De Navarro (1972) 113, 115 f, 121, PL CXXXIV.la-d; Szabó (1989b) 124 f, Fig. 3.5. 28. KOSD (County Nógrád). Spearhead. Perhaps from grave 1. MNM, inv. no. 46.1951.14 (PL 27.) Spearhead Length. 35 cm. Maximum breadth of blade. 8 cm. Length of socket. 3.5 cm. Diamètre. 2 cm. Large blade with marked midrib; short socket decorated on both sides. Design. PostWaldalgesheim Style pattern in plastic relief on both sides of the socket. Grave goods Associations uncertain. Literature. ECA, 178, No. 131, PL 72.131. 29. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 2. MNM, inv. no. 46.951.11 (PL 28). Scabbard Length. 66.4 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Mouth. Type B. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Back over front. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type Ic, arched. Loop-plates. Round. Chape-clamps. Round, domed and ornamented with triskels. Chape-bridge. Straight. Chape-end. Type Kosd B, ornamented. Total length of chape. 14.5 cm. Ornamentation, lai+4; Nav. 1+ HSS, phase 1. Sword Total length. 78 cm. Total length of hilt. 11 cm. Breadth. 4 cm. Grave goods Associations uncertain. Literature. De Navarro (1972) 224, Pl. CXXIX. 2; KKM, Cat. no. 86, 46, Fig. 87; Szabó (1989b) 124 f, Fig. 3.4. 30. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard with is sword. Grave 15. MNM, inv. no. 46.1951.140 (Pis 29-30, 111. VL3). Scabbard Length. 58 cm. Breadth. 5.2 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, 1.57 cm. Midrib. Salient, narrow. Overlaps. Front over back, broad and salient, overlapped to its bip. Loop. Type II, ornamented. Loopplate. Atypical, the lower one is triangular, the upper one is lozenge-shaped, both are framed by doubly engraved lines and have large, round rivets. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. None. Chape-end. Type Kosd D, with rosette decorated inset discs. Design. la 2-fa 1 +4a+5; Nav. I. Sword Total length. 69 cm. Total length of hilt. 10 cm. Breadth. 4.6 cm Folded in three. Grave goods Knob-decorated fibula with bent-back foot, the knob and the bow have incised and plastic decoration (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.147); wire fibula with slightly thickening bow, the spring mechanism is large, two-coiled with an external cord, the elongated catch-plate is ornamented with incised zig-zags and hatched lines (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.146); spearhead; knife; flat disc with ring punch; two linch pins. La Tène B 2 . Literature. De Navarro (1959) 99, Fig. 12.6; Szabó (1972) Fig. 39; De Navarro (1972) 43 f, 113, 115, 118, 121, PL CXXIX.6; KKM, 47, Cat. no. 88, Fig. 88; Szabó-Petres (1985) Pl. V.3 (but erroneously
