Polearms 101
3. Socket closed by a ring pulled over it (P.I.E/1.f ): The spearheads belong-
ing to this variant are usually of good preservation, their neck is deco-
rated with ribs, and their socket is closed by a ring (fig. 30/6–7). All of the
known examples were found in the northern periphery of the Avar settle-
ment area. The socket of the spearhead of grave No. 293 from Košice–
Šebastovce (fig. 30/7) was closed by a looped ring.111 This artefact is dated
to the Late phase, more exactly to the second half of the 8th century.112
1.1.6 Narrow Reed-shaped Spearheads of Quadrangular Cross Section
(P.I.F)
The blade of the type is extremely narrow (average width is 1–1.5 cm), its cross
section is quadrangular, and the neck is not emphasised (map 12, figs 31–32).
111 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 61, Taf. XLII/5.
112 This dating is based on a strap-end with vegetal ornaments cast of copper alloy from grave
No. 293 of Košice–Šebastovce. (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 61, Taf. XLII/5).
Figure 31 Lanceheads of type P.I.F: 1. Tiszafüred–Majoros, grave No. 663 (Garam 1995, 85,
Taf. 182.); 2. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 86 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991,
2324, Taf. XI/48.) (drawing of M. Husár); 3. Holiare, grave No. 551 (Točík 1968a,
85, Taf. LXXII/7.) (drawing of M. Husár); 4. Bernolákovo–Sakoň, grave No. 34
(Kraskovská 1962, 433, tab. VII/19.).