Arheološki Vestnik (Jan 2012)
Daggers of the Dangstetten type
Abstract
Typical of an as yet unidentified group of daggers with a semicircular pommel are distinctive brass rivets with heads decorated with a raised edge and a small raised circle in the center. Such rivets, together with brass sus-pension loops, are also characteristic of the associated sheaths constructed of metal shells (Scott Type A). The largest number of these daggers and sheaths come from the fortress of Dangstetten, therefore we suggest they be called after this site.The described daggers and sheaths come from sites and contexts that indicate a dating from the end of the early or the beginning of the middle Augustan Period to the end of the Augustan Period.
