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

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toward the northern periphery of the Avar Qaganate, with the majority of

such spearheads being found in Slovakia (seven examples out of 12), the rest

being evenly distributed between Austria (Mistelbach), Transdanubia (two

spearheads) and the Great Hungarian Plain (two examples from Tiszafüred)

(map 17).

A special variant of this type has an extremely long, narrow blade and short,

closed socket. The proportion of the blade and the socket is 3:1. Only three

Gejzovce grave No. 113 (Hanuliak – Zábojník 1982, 498; Szentpéteri 1993, 121); Košice–

Šebastovce grave No. 131 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 32–33. Taf. XVIII/28); Košice–

Šebastovce grave No. 232 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 50–51, Taf. XXXII/6); Košice–

Šebastovce grave No. 292 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 60–61, Taf. XLI/32); Mistelbach–

Krankenhaus grave ‘A’ (Mitscha-Mähreim 1941, 7.Taf. 1/15; Distelberger 1996, 105–106);

Radvaň nad Dunajom–Žitavská Tôň grave No. 3 (Čilinská 1963, 89. tab. III/18); Štúrovo–

Vojenské cvičisko grave No. 258 (Točík 1968b, 67–68. Taf. LI/14); Terehegy–Márfai dögkút

grave No. 6 (Kiss 1977, 147–148. Pl. LX); Tiszafüred–Majoros grave No. 577 (Garam 1995, 76,

Abb. 31. Taf. 104. Taf. 181/1); Tiszafüred–Majoros grave No. 692 (Garam 1995, 88, Abb. 35.

Taf. 112. Taf. 182/1).

Figure 46 Spearheads of type P.III.B: 1. Csákberény–Orondpuszta, grave 44 (IKM 10.217);

2. Csákberény–Orondpuszta, grave No. 89B (IKM 10.249); 3. Előszállás–Bajcsihegy,
   grave No. 200 (IKM 53.75.1).