Griffins from the Danube. Early La Tène sword in decorated scabbard from Sotin, Eastern Croatia

• Authors: DrnićEarly La Tène, southeastern Pannonia, sword in scabbard, decoration of pair of dragons / griffins. Ivan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Early La Tène sword in decorated scabbard, kept in the Archaeological museum in Zagreb, was found in the late 19th and early 20th century in the village of Sotin in eastern Croatia. Through typological, technical, and iconographic analyses of the sword and scabbard decoration (pair of dragons / griffins), the paper discuss introduction of the La Tène culture to southeastern Pannonia and its position in the wider cultural and historical processes that took place in the second half of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century BC in central and southeastern Europe.

Keywords

EN

Early La Tène; southeastern Pannonia; sword in scabbard; decoration of pair of dragons / griffins

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 98-126

Contributors

author

DrnićEarly La Tène, southeastern Pannonia, sword in scabbard, decoration of pair of dragons / griffins. Ivan

• Arhaeological Museum in Zagreb Prehistoric department