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beginning of the 8th century, based on the Late Avar cast belt-set found in the
burial.237 The spearhead from Devínska Nová Ves was also assigned to these
hooked spearheads (‘Hakenlanzenspitze’) by Christoph Steinacker (fig. 52/3).238
This spearhead is dated by a belt-set cast of copper alloy composed of
shield-shaped mounts of circular flat-tendril ornament and strap-end with
flat-tendril ornament239 which is usually dated to the second half of the
8th century according to the relative chronology of the Late phase (LA 3). This
spearhead was also found together with a long seax (‘Langsax’ in German) the
237 Kovács 1979, 104, footnote No. 60: he used the book of Moosbrugger-Leu (1971, 90–92) who
dated these spears to the 6–7th century. It is important to note, that Peter Paulsen (1969,
295) dated the same spearheads to the 8th century.
238 Steinacker 1998, 14.
239 Eisner 1952, obr. 52–53.
Figure 53 Spearheads of type P.IV.A/3: 1. Mór–Akasztódomb (Török 1954, 57, XII. tábla 26.);
- Košice–Šebastovce, grave Nr. 225 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 47–48,
Taf. XXX/11.); 4. Košice–Šebastovce, grave Nr. 67 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 18–19,
Taf. VI/21.).