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(fig. 94/3).382 The type is only used for straight single-edged sword-blades.383
This type is used during the Late phase, as demonstrated by the example from
Šebastovce which is dated to the first half of the 8th century,384 while the other
examples are dated to the second half or end of the 8th century.
Long, narrow crossguards without fixing rivets (CG.6.b) are made of two iron
rods fixed to the blade opposite to one another (fig. 94/2, 4).385 Their length
382 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1984, 174, Obr. 1, Obr. 4–5.
383 The only exception is the sabre with slightly curved blade from grave No. 175 of Želovce
(Čilinská 1973, 67, Taf. XXXI/1).
384 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1984, 174, Obr. 1, Obr. 4–5; Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 25–26,
Taf. XII/7.
385 Bóly–Sziebert puszta A grave No. 20 (Papp 1962, 174–175, XXVIII. t. 3); Budapest X. Rákos,
Ejtőernyőstorony grave No. 1 (Nagy 1998, I. 69, II. Taf. 54 A, Taf. 152/1a–b); Holiare grave
No. K11 (Kovrig 1948, 120–121; Zábojník 1995, 284); Holiare grave No. 375 (Točík 1968a, 66,
Taf. LXIII/15); Komárno–8 Shipyard grave No. 139 (Trugly 1993, 211–212, Taf. XLVII/13);
Komárno–8 Shipyard grave No. 142 (Trugly 1993, 213–214, Taf. L/4); Košice–Barca grave No.
4 (Pástor 1954, 137, Tab. I./1); Košice–Šebastovce grave No. 221 (Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 46–47, Taf. XXVIII/17); Košice–Šebastovce grave No. 254 (Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 55–56, Taf. XXXVI–XXXVIII); Romonya I. grave No. 41 (Kiss 1977, 112–113, Pl. XLVII/10);
Figure 94 Crossguards of type CG.6: 1. Košice–Šebastovce, grave No. 94 (Budinský-Krička –
Točík 1984, 174, Obr. 1, Obr. 4–5; Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 25–26, Taf. XII/7.);
- Budapest X. Rákos, Ejtőernyőstorony, grave No. 1 (Nagy 1998, I. 69, II. Taf. 54 A,
Taf. 152/1a–b.).