Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons. Classification, Typology, Chronology and Technology

168 CHAPTER 3 The other examples belonging to this type have no distinguishing attribute. The sword from Beşeneu is the longest, ...

Edged Weapons 169 which is dated by a copy of a golden solidus of Maurice (582–602),50 or grave No. 2 at the Kiszombor ‘O’ cemet ...

170 CHAPTER 3 significant differences: the crossguard of Hunnic swords is long and straight, while the crossguard of these Avar ...

Edged Weapons 171 The only late sword of this variant is known from Čierný Brod (fig. 62/3),67 and is probably dated to the firs ...

172 CHAPTER 3 Figure 63 Double-edged ring pommel swords: 1. Visegrád, Duna-meder (Tavas 1978, 175–200; Simon 1991, 310–311, kép ...

Edged Weapons 173 The sword covered by gold-foil from Kunszentmiklós–Bábony is of the fin- est quality regarding jewellery techn ...

174 CHAPTER 3 Single-edged swords were very popular during the Avar Age, with 236 exam- ples known from the Carpathian Basin. Of ...

Edged Weapons 175 Figure 64 Single-edged swords (E.II.A). 1. Cserkút–szőlők, stray find (Kiss 1977, 18, Fig. I/17; Simon 1991, 2 ...

176 CHAPTER 3 Figure 65 Single-edged swords (E.II.A) 1. Környe, stray find (Salamon – Erdélyi 1971, 30, Taf. 34/3; Simon 1991, 2 ...

Edged Weapons 177 Figure 66 Single-edged swords (E.II.A) 1. Kölked–Feketekapu A, grave No. 107 (Simon 1991, 295; Kiss 1996, 41, ...

178 CHAPTER 3 Figure 67 Single-edged swords (E.II.A): 1. Környe, grave No. 78 (Salamon – Erdélyi 1971, 21, Taf. 33/9, Taf. 12/51 ...

Edged Weapons 179 The distribution of the Late phase examples are uniform, being found in Southwestern Slovakia (eight examples) ...

180 CHAPTER 3 Figure 68 Single-edged swords with crossguard (E.II.A/2) 1. Aiudul de Sus (Horedt 1956, 396; Horedt 1958a, 93, Fig ...

Edged Weapons 181 were mostly decorated with silver foil. Only two examples are covered with gold-foil: the sword from Csepel–Ka ...

182 CHAPTER 3 Figure 69 Single-edged swords with crossguard (E.II.A/2) 1. Komárno–8 Shipyard, grave No. 72 (Trugly 1987, 265–266 ...

Edged Weapons 183 Figure 70 Single-edged swords with crossguard (E.II.A/2) 1. Váchartyán–Gosztonyi szőlőhegy, stray find (Ferenc ...

184 CHAPTER 3 Figure 71 Single-edged ring-pommel swords (E.II.B): 1. Biharkeresztes– Lencséshát (Mesterházy 1987, 222, 6. kép/1– ...

Edged Weapons 185 riveted directly on to the hilt, like the ring-pommel cast of copper alloy from Manđelos,89 and the ring-pomme ...

186 CHAPTER 3 Figure 72 Single-edged ring-pommel swords (E.II.B): 1. Bócsa (Fettich 1937, 123, Taf. CXIX. 1; Fettich 1951, 71, T ...

Edged Weapons 187 Figure 73 Single-edged swords with false edge (E.II.C): 1. Budapest XXI. Csepel–Kavicsbánya (Fettich 1926b, 2, ...