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similar suspension loops are known from the Altay Mountains and date to the
9th century from the site of Srostki.522 However, the great chronological and
geographical distance between them makes any direct connection between
the sabres of the Carpathian Basin, dating to the second half of the 7th century,
and this south Siberian artefact extremely unlikely. Both of the known exam-
ples of this loop type were found in coin-dated burials: a solidus of Constans
táblák; Hampel 1905. III, Taf. 268; Bóna 1982–83, 104–109; Garam 1992, 145–146, Taf. 61,
Taf. 62/8).
522 This suspension loop was first compared to that from Srotski by Nándor Fettich (1937, 61.
XXXI. tábla). See: (Zakharov – Arendt 1935, VIII. tábla; Khudiakov 1986, 191). The loop is
similar to that of a single-edged sword from Nishapur (Allen 1982, 208).
Figure 104 1. Pókaszepetk–Mesterföldek grave No. 332 (Sós – Salamon 1995, 166–167, Pl. XX.);- Komárno–Shipyard grave No. 128 (Trugly 1993, 206. Taf. XXXV/1); 3–4.
Gyenesdiás–Algyenes, grave No. 64 (Müller 1989, Abb. 2, 143–147, Abb. 3–5
(photos by the author).