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

248 CHAPTER 3 as well.304 Various jeweller’s techniques were used on these artefacts: glass and stone inlay,305 granulation and ...

Edged Weapons 249 at Aradac-Mečka315 and from grave No. 259 at Kölked-Feketekapu A.316 These crossguards are probably the predec ...

250 CHAPTER 3 the type, and are dated to the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 8th cen- tury (fig. 92/4).328 2.2.2 Star-sh ...

Edged Weapons 251 field on the sabre of Ozora-Tótipuszta,333 the spherical end on the crossguard from grave No. 7 at Dunaújváros ...

252 CHAPTER 3 ing the central rhombic field from the ends from grave No. 64 at Gyenesdiás,335 and the curved grooves on the cros ...

Edged Weapons 253 phase, such as the cast copper alloy crossguard from grave X at Tarnaméra– Urak-dűlő which is covered with sil ...

254 CHAPTER 3 equipped not only on sabres354 but also on single-edged swords.355 Most of these crossguards are dated to the Midd ...

Edged Weapons 255 (map 44, fig. 93/4). This type is mainly used on single-edged swords367 but is also known from curved sabres.3 ...

256 CHAPTER 3 swords374 and curved sabres.375 Most of these weapons are dated to the Middle phase except for the example from gr ...

Edged Weapons 257 (fig. 94/3).382 The type is only used for straight single-edged sword-blades.383 This type is used during the ...

258 CHAPTER 3 is between 8 and 10 cm. These crossguards were fixed asymmetrically to the blade. The crossguard of the single-edg ...

Edged Weapons 259 oval in plan (map 47). This crossguard type is typical for the 5th combination type of Alfred Geibig396 which ...

260 CHAPTER 3 2.3.1 Ribbed Frame-bands This decoration is widely used, and can be stamped or cast (fig. 96/2). Five variants of ...

Edged Weapons 261 – D type: the central part of the band is flat and surrounded by ribbed sur- faces, while the edges are flat40 ...

262 CHAPTER 3 two combinations that never occur together on a single weapon according to current knowledge.408 2.3.2 Frame-bands ...

Edged Weapons 263 pommel swords413 but single-edged swords with P-shaped suspension loops are also found decorated with similar ...

264 CHAPTER 3 This decoration is mainly distributed in the central region of the Carpathian Basin, around the Danube-Tisza inter ...

Edged Weapons 265 frame-bands of ribbed or pearled decoration. The end of the chape is closed by an oval metal plate. This type ...

266 CHAPTER 3 as an analogy for the Avar examples, since the scabbard and suspension loops of Avar-age edged weapons closely com ...

Edged Weapons 267 Figure 97 Representations of sword suspension from the 7th century: 1. Representation of a Chinese envoy (Afra ...