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Pyramid-shaped spatha buttons cast of copper alloy (S.2, fig. 98/2)439 were
generally used for suspension of these spathae of the Early Avar period,440 the
only exception being from Fenékpuszta-Pusztaszentegyházi dűlő where an
elite Lombard burial included an example made of gold with glass inlay.441
439 Band (Mezőbánd) (Kovács 1913, 317); Budakalász–Dunapart grave No. 1140 (Vida 2000, 169);
Kölked–Feketekapu A grave No. 142 (Kiss 1996, 53, 228, Taf. 455/12); Kölked–Feketekapu A
grave No. 230 (Kiss 1996, 69, Taf. 52/4–5); Kölked–Feketekapu B grave No. 82 (Kiss 2001,
27–28, II. Taf. 28/10, 12); Kölked–Feketekapu B grave No. 132 (Kiss 2001, 65–66, Taf. 41/7–8);
Kölked–Feketekapu B grave No. 336 (Kiss 2001, 115–117, Taf. 75/13); Noşlac grave No. 6 (Rusu
1962, 275); Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely) grave No. I (Kovács 1915, 278–279, 36. kép/1)
Tiszavárkony–Hugyin-part grave No. 20 (Kiss 1962, 18–19. XIV. t. 2, XXXVII. t. 3; Simon
1991, 308).
440 Menghin 1983, 363–364, Liste C III.1.a.
441 Müller 1999/2000, 345, Abb. 4.1, Abb. 5.1. The examples with glass- or stone inlay enlisted
by Wilfried Menghin (1983, 365, Liste C III.1.c).
Figure 98 The suspension of spathae: S.1 and S.2.