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Figure 21 Macro-photos of the spearhead from Budakalász–Dunapart, grave No. 715.
an elaborated connecting chap of polygonal cross section (fig. 15). The most
characteristic piece of this variant is the lance from Esztergom–Nagyhegy
(fig. 14), with its facetted socket, elaborated connecting chap of hexagonal
cross section, and is extremely well preserved.28 The facetted socket is an attri-
bute of Italian lances, although this example cannot be classified to the Nocera
Umbra type of Ursula Koch because of the lack of grooves on the blade and
the grid-patterned rings on the socket.29 The lance shows similar character-
istics (proportion of the artefact, form of the blade, facetted socket) to Koch’s
Steinheim type.30 The spearhead from Szentendre–Pannónia dűlő belongs to
this variant based on its elaborated connecting chap, although the rings of the
socket are ribbed.31
The most popular variant of this type is characterised by the equal length
of the blade and the clasped socket (P.I.A/3.b, fig. 16–17, map 5). Examples
of this variant are smaller and less elaborated than the previous: polygonal
connecting chaps and grid-patterned rings on the upper and lower end of the
28 Hampel 1900, 113; Hampel 1905, II. 346; Kovrig 1955a, 36, X. tábla 6.
29 Koch 1968, 90. Liste 20/C. 256.
30 Koch 1968, 90; Freeden 1991, 615. Abb. 15.
31 Bóna 1982–83, 8–104; Garam 1992, 138, 183. Taf. 11, 9.