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(fig. 89/3).290 Rivets with big circular iron heads decorate the hilt of the sabre
from grave No. 14 at Brodski Drenovac291 and the single-edged sword from
grave No. 94 at Košice-Šebastovce.292
Besides these rivets, a hilt can also be decorated with various small gold or
silver applications, such as the sabre hilt from Gyenesdiás which was deco-
rated with lateral gold foil (fig. 89/3).293 The various hilt-decorations described
above are usually present on edged weapons with star-shaped crossguard cov-
ered with gold or silver foil or occasionally on sabres with P-shaped suspension
290 Gyenesdiás–Algyenes grave No. 64 (Müller 1989, Abb. 2, 143–147, Abb. 3–5). Similar
rivet-heads are known from grave No. 12 at Dunaújváros-Öreghegy. (Hekler 1909, 97–105;
Fettich 1926a, 27–28; Marosi – Fettich 1936, 9–17, Taf. I–VI; Bóna 1970, 250, 3–8; Bóna 1971a,
249–250 (33–34), 271 (51); Bóna 1982–83, 62–64, No. 20a-d, Taf. 27–28, 35.9; Garam 1994–95,
146, 15. kép 4–7).
291 Vinski-Gasparini – Ercegović 1958. 144–145, 156, Tabl. XIV.156.
292 Budinský-Krička – Točík 1984, 174, Obr. 1, Obr. 4–5; Budinský-Krička – očík 1991, 25–26, Taf.
XII/7.
293 Müller 1989, Abb. 2, 143–147, Abb. 3–5.
Figure 89 Decorated sword hilts: 1. Košice, Archaeological Institute, unknown site, 2. Sasanian
sword (RGZM Inv. No. O. 38822 ; after Bohner – Ellmers – Weidemann 1972, 42.);
- Gyenesdiás–Algyenes, Bartók Béla és Hámán Kató utca, grave No. 64 (Müller
1989, Abb. 2, 143–147, Abb. 3–5.).