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such spearheads are known from the Late phase. The spearhead from grave
No. 131 at Košice–Šebastovce (fig. 47/1) measures 39 cm in length, despite its frag-
mentary state. Althougth the sides of the socket are flattened, its cross section
was quadrangular,186 but this spearhead cannot be assigned to the Pfullingen
type characterised by similarly square-shaped socket, because its blade shape
and proportions are different. The closest analogy for the blade of this spear-
head comes from grave No. 113 from Čataj (fig. 47/2).187 The spearheads of grave
No. 24 at Söjtör–Petőfi utca cemetery have similar proportions, although the
blade is only 5 cm wide, and can thus be classified to type ‘P.III.A’. 188
The type is dated to the Late phase, with grave No. 131 from Šebastovce
(fig. 47/1) belonging to the 2nd stage of Late phase based on its hinged strap-
end, cast of copper alloy and decorated with cornucopia, and small strap-ends
with S-shaped tendrils.189 The appearance of this type can be explained by
western influences.
1.3.3 Narrow Lenticular Blade with Rhombic Cross Section (P.III.C)
This type is characterised by a long, narrow lenticular blade, the blade width of
which is between 2.5–3 cm, and a cross section which is rhombic (figs. 48–49).
This blade form is only characteristic of the Late phase (8th century) and is
only distributed in Slovakia (i.e. northern periphery of the Avar settlement
area: map 18).190 This blade form is probably of western origin, since a number
of variants can be identified with Late Merovingian or Early Carolingian spear-
head types from the late 7th–early 8th centuries in Central Europe.
Three variants of this type can be distinguished based on the proportion
of the blade and the socket: 1. the blade is longer than the socket (P.III.C/1.e),
2. the blade is shorter than the socket (P.III.C/2.e), and 3. the blade and socket
length are equal (P.III.C/3).
186 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 32–33. Taf. XVIII/28.
187 Hanuliak – Zábojník 1982, 498; Szentpéteri 1993, 121.
188 Szőke 1994a, 10. t. 6.
189 Budinský-Krička–Točík 1991, 32–33. Taf. XVIII.
190 Bratislava–Devinska Nová Ves–A Tehel’ňa grave No. 422 (Eisner 1952, 97, t. 40/8);
Bratislava–Devinska Nová Ves–A Tehel’ňa grave No. 453 (Eisner 1952, 103, t. 50/1);
Bratislava–Devinska Nová Ves–A Tehel’ňa grave No. 616 (Eisner 1952, 137, t. 65/8);
Bratislava–Devinska Nová Ves–A Tehel’ňa grave No. 777 (Eisner 1952, 163, t. 84/6); Čataj
I. Zemanské-Gejzovce grave No. 77 (Hanuliak – Zábojník 1982, 498); Čataj I. Zemanské–
Gejzovce grave No. 176 (Hanuliak – Zábojník 1982, 498; Szentpéteri 1993, 121); Koroncó,
stray find (XJM 53.310.1); Nové Zámky I. Belohorského Záhrada grave No. 369 (Čilinská
1966, 72–73. Taf. LVII/26); Radvaň nad Dunajom–Žitavská Tôň grave No. 11 (Čilinská 1963,
- tab. VI/12).