Polearms 119
during this period, but they remained mostly characteristic of Transdanubia
(map 15).
1.3.1.1 The Blade is Shorter than the Socket (P.III.A/2)
The main characteristic of this type is that the blade is short, lenticular,
and the socket is long, conical and decorated by a rib on its lower edge (fig. 44).
This type was probably used as a javelin on account of its small size and overall
blade proportions. Altogether 17 artefacts belong to this type.168
168 Band grave No. 115 (Kovács 1913, 341. 63. kép); Bernolákovo grave No. 53 (Kraskovská
1962, 436–437. tab. XI/1); Bratislava–Devinska Nová Ves–A–Tehel’ňa grave No. 95 (Eisner
1952, 30–31, Obr. 28/1); Budakalász–Dunapart grave No. 245; Budapest XXI. Csepel–
Háros grave No. 73 (Nagy 1998, 169, Taf. 114/14); Čataj I. Zemanské–Gejzovce grave No.
145 (Hanuliak – Zábojník 1982, 498; Szentpéteri 1993, 121); Noşlac grave No. 16 (Rusu
Figure 42 Spearheads of type P.III.A: 1. Kölked–Feketekapu B, grave No. 80 (Kiss 2001, 25–26,
Taf. 26/2.); 2. Kölked–Feketekapu B, grave No. 443 (Kiss 2001, 141–142, Taf. 82/4.);
- Kölked–Feketekapu B, grave No. 135 (Kiss 2001, 67–68, Taf. 42/2.).