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Figure 15 Lanceheads of type P.I.A/1: 1. Esztergom–Nagyhegy (Hampel 1900, 113; Hampel 1905.
II. 346; Kovrig 1955a, 36; X. tábla: 6; Kovrig 1955b, 172, V. tábla 5.); 2. Szentendre–
Pannónia dűlő (Pulszky 1874, 112, Hampel 1905. II. 343345, III. Taf. 263–265; Kovrig
1955b, 170; Bóna 1982–83, 98–104; Garam 1992, 138, 183, Taf. 11, 9.: after Bóna 1982–83);
- Budakalász–Dunapart grave No. 291.
therefore would belong to the earliest phase of the Avar Age to the second
half of the 6th century,22 although this cannot be used as a chronological indi-
cator if the theory of Uta von Freeden is correct.23 Such spearheads are usually
dated to the end of the 6th and first third of the 7th century in Merovingian
cemeteries24 which could also applied to these Avar examples.
22 Kovrig 1955a, 40; Kovrig 1955b, 190–192.
23 von Freeden 1991, 621–623.
24 4th phase of the Schretzheim cemetery: Koch 1977, 37.