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

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The spearhead from grave No. 228 at Košice–Šebastovce246 is a unique exam-


ple with a blade of triangular cross section and its neck being of rectangular


cross section (fig. 54/1). This spearhead’s socket is open. A spearhead with a


similar blade but smaller in size, is known from grave No. 321 in the same cem-


etery (fig. 54/3).247 The blade of a spearhead from grave No. 423 at Tiszafüred–


Majoros is dated by cast bronze belt-set (strap-end and rectangular mounts


with tendril ornaments) to the 1st stage of the Late phase.248


The spearhead from grave No. 48 at Košice–Šebastovce is of particular


interest,249 since its blade was pierced on both sides (fig. 54/4). The blade is


triangular in shape, its cross section is lenticular, its neck is long and narrow


246 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 48–49, Taf. XXX/6.
247 The length of the spearhead is only 17 cm (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 64–65; Taf.
XLIV/7).
248 Garam 1995, Taf. 90. Taf. 178/1.
249 Budinský – Krička – Točík 1991, 14–15, Taf. II/1.


Figure 54 Spearheads of type P.IV.B: 1. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 228 (Budinský-Krička –
Točík 1991, 48–49, Taf. XXX/6.); 2. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 94 (Budinský-
Krička – Točík 1984, 174, 176, Obr. 2/4; Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 25–26, Taf. XII/7.);



  1. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 321 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 64–65, Taf.
    XLIV/7.); 4. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 48 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 14–15,
    Taf. II/1.).

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