Kisné Cseh Julianna – Somorjai József szerk.: Komárom – Esztergom Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 5. (Tata, 1997)

H. Kelemen Márta: Late Roman Tombs from the Cemetery of the Nyergesujfalu Camp

Late Roman Tombs from the Cemetery of the Nyergesújfalu Camp Márta H. Kelemen In 1978 at the foot of Sánc mountain from Nyergesújfalu, on the area of the Budgetary Works the remains of a settlement and 12 late Roman tombs were found. In 1989 south from the valley which turns in the east-weat and borders Sánc mountain in the south, on the top of the hill in Bürgermeister vineyard we dug up 4 tombs. The 16 tombs on the top of Sánc mountain belong to the late Roman cemetery of the Roman castellum from Crumerum built in the 2nd century and rebuilt in the 4th century. The 4 stone tombs, 1 brick tomb and 11 eathern tombs were oriented towards north-west - south-east, respectively southeats - north-west. Tombs No 3,5,11,12,15 were robbed out, tombs No 1,2,4,6,710 were upset in the modern times, only tombs No 13,14,16 remained relatively intact. We found supplement in each tomb except tombs No 9 and 11. In six tombs there were earthen vessels (pitchers with grey granular surface, respectively with even surface, glazed pitchers, small dishes, mugs, glasses) and in five tombs we found glass vessels (vials, glasses, bottles, small dishes). Because glass is very brokable only one glass was intact in tomb No 3. In the three wowmen's tombs (No 6-8) besides the vessels we found a few pearls, respectively in tomb No 6 a worn, drilled bronze coin (Constantinus dinasty) and in the men's tombs we found as supplement iron and bronze buckles and bronze fibulas. We must emphasize tomb No 13 which was covered with red marble from Süttő and we found in it burried along with the dead some plum and almond kernels in a glass vessel, a bronze inkpot, a silver buckle ornated with an animal head and a bronze fibula in a bronze-fitted leather bag. One side of the stirrup of the fibula is decorated with the inscription VIVAS FELIX while the other side represents a human head with vine-tendril.The fibula can be dated to the 2nd half of the 4th century. In picture No 11 the reconstructed drawing of the bronze-fitted leather bag can be seen. The dug-up tombs were the western extreme ones of the late Roman cemetery. On the basis of the finds we can date them to the last decade of the 4th century, respectively to the begining of the 5th century. 413