Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 33/4. (2013)
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Data concerning changes in a cemetery surrounding a medieval church 271 GR-133: trench 5 (5-10 m), M: -1.66 m, T: 250°, K: adultus, P: 18th cent. Part of the skeletons femur was preserved, its upper part fell outside the excavation area, the lower part had become absorbed, its filling was gray, loose, containing mortar chunks, roof tiles and brick debris, during the excavation we found coffin nails, it had disturbed grave GR- 111. GR-134: see the description of grave GR-126. GR-135: trench 5 (5-10 m), M: -1.35 m, T: 259°, K: adultus, P: 12th-13th cent. The skeleton was preserved from the pelvis down, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, containing patches of clay, it had been disturbed by graves GR-123, GR-129 and GR-130. GR-136: trench 5 (5-10 m), P: 19th cent. We only excavated a part of the grave, we did not reach the skeleton, its filling was brownish gray, loose, containing roof tiles, chunks of clay, mortar and brick debris, it disturbed GR-123. GR-137: trench 6, M: -1.29 m, T: 270°, K: adultus, P: 15th—16th cent. The extended skeleton was excavated until the knees, its lower part was disturbed by GR-120, the arms were stretched out along the body, its filling was grayish brown, thick, mixed with chunks of mortar, during the excavation we also uncovered several coffin nails, we found a silver ring on the ring finger of the left hand (Table 12.15), and we also recovered from the filling a medieval spur, in secondary position. One of the spur’s arms is missing, its length is 11.5 cm (Table 13.1). GR-138: pit 9, M: -1.33 m, T: 263°, K: adultus, P: 12th-13th cent. The extended skeleton was excavated until the pelvis, the left side of its skull was intersected by the nave’s southern wall, its right side had been disturbed by GR-141, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, containing patches of clay, grave GR-143 had been buried over it. GR-139: pit 9, trench 8, M: -1.33 m, T: 263°, N: female, K: adultus, P: 16th-17th cent. The skeleton was excavated until its pelvis, its lower part had been disturbed by grave GR-191, its filling was loose, it contained chunks of mortar and fresco fragments, the skull had the remains of a much corroded coronet made from metallic wire, which had been set it place with leather, we did not find traces of a coffin. GR-140: pit 9, M: -1.37 m, T: east-west, K: adultus, P: 16th-17th cent. The skeleton’s ankle was excavated, the rest of it fell outside the excavation area, its filling was brownish gray, loose, mixed, containing mortar chunks. GR-141: pit 9, T: east-west, P: 14th cent. We only excavated a part of the grave, we did not reach the skeleton, its filling was brownish gray, thick, we found a denarius in secondary position, minted under John Hunyadi silver denarius from 1446 it had disturbed grave GR-138 and grave GR-143 was buried over it (Table 12.3). GR-142: pit 7, M: -1.37 m, T: 271°, K: adultus, P: 14th-15th cent. The extended skeleton was preserved until the pelvis, its right hand and lower section had been disturbed by unexcavated graves, its left arm was stretched out along the body, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, grave GR-66 had been buried over it. GR-143: pit 9, M: -1.18 m, T: east-west, K: adultus, P: 14th-15th cent. We noticed the skeleton in the pit’s eastern cross section, its skull was damaged during the excavation, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, it had been buried over graves GR-138 and GR-141. GR-144: pit 9, trench 8, M: -1.38 m, T: 254°, N: female, K: adultus, P: 16th— 17th cent. The extended skeleton was excavated until its pelvis, its lower part fell outside the excavation area, its filling was brownish gray, thick, mixed, containing chunks of mortar and fresco fragments, we found a broken silver ring on the left hand’s ring finger, Noble patina and copper chloride on the surface of a copper ring broken into 5 pieces. The exterior of the ring has two decorative lines scratched in it, parallel with the edges, its diameter 1.7-1.8 cm, the other one 2-2.2 cm. We noticed the discoloring caused by a coronet made from metallic wire on the skull, it is intersected by grave 191. GR-145: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.11m, T: 308°, K: iuvenis, P: 13th— 14th cent. The skeleton’s middle part was preserved, the arms were stretched out along the body, its filling was dark gray, thick, slightly mixed, containing chunks of mortar, it had been disturbed by grave GR-115, graves GR-149 and GR-153 had been buried over it, it is earlier than the first cemetery wall. GR-146: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.35, T: east-west, K: adultus, P: 16th cent. Only the skeleton’s ankle and toes were preserved, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, containing chunks of mortar, during the excavation we noticed the imprint of the coffin’s edge, we assume that it did not have a bottom, we did not find any coffin nails, it had disturbed grave GR-148 and it is intersected by grave GR-156. GR-147: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.25 m, T: east-west, K: adultus, P: 13th— 14th cent. The skeleton’s left ankle and its toes were preserved, its filling was dark gray, mixed with patches of mortar, its top part was intersected by GR-155. GR-148: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.20 m, T: 246°, K: iuvenis, P: 14th- 15th cent. Part of the skeleton’s femur, its tibia and its ankle were excavated, the rest of it had been disturbed by GR-146, its filling was brownish gray, thick, slightly mixed, containing patches of clay. GR-149: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.30 m, T: 282°, N: male, K: adultus, P: 13th— 14,h cent. Its skull had been disturbed by GR-153, its right leg, from the knee down, fell outside the excavation area, its left leg had been disturbed by grave GR-151, its filling was gray, thick, containing patches of clay, mixed, the first cemetery wall had been built over it, it intersects grave GR-145, and grave GR-152 had been buried over it. GR-150: trench 5 (10-16.7 m), M: -1.20 m, T: 232°, K: adultus, P: 16th-17th cent.
