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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described as coming from grave 14); Szabó-Petres (1986) 271, Fig. 14; Szabó (1989b) 124 f, Fig. 3.6. 31. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 16. MNM, inv. no. 46.951.153 (Pis 31-32). Scabbard Present maximum length. 59 cm. Breadth. 3.6 cm. Mouth. Missing. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back, overlapped to its tip. Reinforce. None. Loop. Missing. Chape-clamps. Round. Chape-bridge. Straight, the lower edge is arched and ornamented. Chape-end. Type Kosd Ai, with decorated inset discs. Total length of chape. 11.6 cm. Design. lai-f-4b; Nav. I+postWaldalgesheim Style. Sword Present maximum length. 62.5 cm. Breadth. 3.1 cm. Hilt. Broken. Folded in two. Grave goods Bronze fibula with knob-terminalled bentback foot, the overlapping end of the bow is ornamented with plastic decoration, the spring mechanism is six-coiled with an external cord (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.157); bronze fibula with high, arched bow and knob-decorated bent-back foot, the overlapping end of the bow and the catch-plate have incised decoration, the spring mechanism is six-coiled and has an external cord (MNM inv. no. 46.951.158); bronze fibula, identical in form to the previous one, although it is smaller in size and undecorated (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.159); bronze fibula with knob-decorated bent-back foot overlapping the bow, the bow and the catchplate are decorated, the spring mechanism is six-coiled and has an external cord (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.160); fragment of an iron fibula, the long foot is decorated with two smaller and a larger knob (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.161); two spearheads; knife, with flat, disc-shaped haft. La Tène B 2 . Literature. Hunyady (1942-44) 111, Pl. XLVIII. 8; Filip (1956) Fig. 7.3; Petres-Szabó (1985) Pl. III; Petres-Szabó (1986) 263 f, Fig. 6a-b. 32. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 22. MNM, inv. no. 46.1951.237 (PI. 33). Scabbard Present maximum length. 66 cm, three fragments, without the chape-end. Breadth. 5.2 cm. Mouth. Front plate broken, reverse, type A 2 , subcampanulate variety. Midrib. None. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type Ic, arched, 1.6 cm long by 0.8 cm broad. Loop-plates. Round with a pair of rivets. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. Missing. Chapeend. Broken, probably of Kosd C type. Design. 2a 2 ; SSS (imitation). In four fragments. Sword Present maximum length. 80 cm. Present maximum length of hilt. 12 cm. Breadth. 5 cm. Hilt end. Fits to an A 2 subcampanulate mouth. Literature. Unpublished. 33. KOSD (County Nógrád). Scabbard with its sword. Grave 31. MNM, inv. no. 46.951.307 (Pis 34-35, 111. VI.l). Scabbard Present maximum length. 36 cm. Breadth. 6 cm. Mouth. Type A 2 , high campanulate variety, reshaped 1.2 cm. Midrib. Broad, salient. Overlaps. Front over back. Reinforce. None. Loop. Type IIIA, 1.2 cm long by 1 cm broad, ornamented with a rib, and framed with engraved lines. Loop-plates. Round, with rivets. Chape-clamps, chape-bridge. Missing. Chapeend. Type Kosd C. Charinage. Covering the front plate. Design, lai; Nav. II, but only the lower half of the ornamentation. The left side of the front plate is reinforced with a narrow sheet riveted onto it. Sword Total length. 75 cm. Total length of hilt. 11 cm. Breadth. 5.5 cm. The tang is surmounted by a flat disc. Grave goods Bronze fibula, with plastic decorated large knob on the bent-back foot, the decorated end of which encloses the bow, the spring mechanism was probably four-coiled and has an external cord, the pin is missing (MNM inv. no. 46.951.313); bronze fibula, the bent-back foot has a large knob with incised decoration, the high bow and the catch-plate are ornamented with densely incised lines, the spring mechanism is missing (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.311); iron fibula, with knob-decorated bent-back foot, the spring mechanism and the pin are missing (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.312); two iron rings of sheet iron, hollow inside, with a small central hole; bronze armrings with buffer terminals, one terminal broken, circular and solid in cross-section (diam., 5 cm, MNM inv. no. 46.951.308); bowl (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.306); iron amulette (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.315); bronze arming with inlaid decoration (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.314); bronze ring (MNM, inv. no. 46.951.316). La Tène B 2 .
