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gives us a chance to make one more comparison. Let us see how the number of object types buried with men and women changes according to the different age groups (Figure 16). In Sárbogárd as well as in Kérpuszta the men received the most diverse types of grave goods in the Maturus group. The women of Sárbogárd received the most object types in the Senilis age group, but in Kérpuszta the younger women in the Adultus group were given more types. D. Individual Grave Goods After treating the finds in general and in different groups let us now examine the distribution and peculiarity of the individual objects in relation to age group and sex. Table 2 sums up the pertinent data. The following observations can be made after examining the occurrence of finds discovered with men, women and children. The listed objects were found with men: belt with mounts, simple belt, leather sabretache, knife, whetstone, strike-a-light, flint, bow, iron arrow-head, quiver, stirrup, bit, harness, bridle, girth buckle, horse, animal bone, flaked arrow-head, brown-girdled snail, simple hair (or ear) ring on which was strung a red bead, bracelet. The occurrence of jewelry with men is not unknown in the 10th century. The wearing of simple hair or ear rings was general, but the use of bracelets is somewhat less common among men. The following objects were found with women: simple hair ring, hair ring ending in an s, finger ring, bracelet, simple belt, knife, flint, brown-girdled snail, animal bone. Objects which were found with children: simple hair ring, earring, cowrie shell, sweet-water and brown-girled snail, bead, metal necklace, clothing mount, plate disk, button with ear, half-moon shaped pendant, bracelet, egg, animal bone and bone toy. Of these objects the beads primarily deserve attention, for they are found exclusively with children (between Fig. 13. The number of object types in 10-llth с cemeteries 0 and 14 years of age). Thus it seems that after reaching sexual maturity the women of Sárbogárd did not use beads as ornamentation. The dependence of bead wearing on age is observable in Kérpuszta and Zalavár too. In both cemeteries the women wore beads until 40 years of age. Although the three data indicate strict regulation of wearing apparel they are inadequate for making generalizations about the 11th century communities. Another object peculiar to the graves of children is the hen egg. Burial with eggs is not too frequent in the 10-11th century cemeteries of Hungary 9 , but it is much more frequently encountered in the cemeteries of the Avar period. 9 So far egg burials are known from the cemeteries of Deszk-D, Eilend II, Esztergom—Búbánatvölgy, Harta — Miklapuszta, Kiszombor-B, Nagymágócs — Mágócsér, Репс, Rád, Oroszvár, Tiszalök —Fészekaljadülő, Tiszalök-Kisvajasdomb (c/. G. FEHÉR-K. K. ÉRY-A. KRALOVÁNSZKY: Rég. Tan. 2 [1962]). 103 Fig. 14. The number of object types among the three groups of finds in 10—11th с cemeteries
