A Herman Ottó Múzeum Évkönyve 27. Tanulmányok a 70 esztendős Végvári Lajos tiszteletére. (1989)

B.HELLEBRANDT Magdolna: A csobaji kelta sír és régészeti kapcsolatai

1971. A kelták nyomában Magyarországon. Budapest, Corvina. 1973. Tierkampfszene auf einer keltischen Urne. FA XXIV. 43-56. Szabó M.-Petres É. Id. Petres-Szabó. Szabó M.-Knez, T. 1980-81. Ein keltischer Kantharos aus Novo Mesto. Archaeologia Iugoslavica 20-21. kötet. 80-88. Szabó M. 1983. Audoleon und die Anfänge der Ostkeltischen Münzprägung. Alba Regia, 43-56. Todorovic, J. 1972. Praistorijska Karaburma I. Beograd. Uzsoki A. 1987. Ménfőcsanak. Corpus of Celtic Finds in Hungary. Vol. 1. 13-62. Vadász É. 1987. Komárom Country II. Corpus of Celtic Finds in Hungary. Vol. 1. 231-248. Vágó E. 1960. Kelten- und Eraviskengräber von Nagyvenyim und Sárkeszi. 43-52. Zirra, V. 1974. Influence des Geto-Daces et de leurs voisins sur l'habitat celtique de Transylvanie. Székesfehérvár, 47-64. THE CELTIC GRAVE IN CSOBAJ AND ITS ARCHEOLOGICAL TIES (Abstract) János Meggyesi, who was digging for sand 40 to 50 centimetres deep in the earth, found some vessels in the garden of Mr Albert Poczhody's wife at Csobaj in November 1981. The rescue excavation was done on 28th and 29th November, the real excavation was carried out in 1983.' The village Csobaj lies on the right bank of the river Tisza, south of Tokaj. (Fig. 1.) The site is on a sandhill surrounded by a branch of the river Takta. The grave number 1 was looked for and uncovered with the help of a trial trench

. (Fig. 2. 1-4, Fig. 3.) The depth of the grave was 120 centimetres, a grave spot could be seen 94 centimetres long south of grave furniture number 12 and 13. The cremation grave had 23 pieces of grave furniture i. e. 6 urns/grave furniture No. 6-8, 10-11, 14), 7 bowls (12-13, 15, 20-23), a mug, a pot, a cantharos, 3 fibulas, a knife and a bracelet. From the 16 vessels only the number 10 and 15 pieces were brown and formed by hand, all the others were dark grey and made by potter's wheel. Those formed by hand have eastern ties. The piece number 6 is similar to those found at Muhi,

2 Kistokaj,

3 Szomoród.

4 The piece number 8 has its parallels at Szomoród,

5 Kernend.

7 The piece number 14 in its form is very much like a Bucany pottery

9 and a pot at Ménfőcsanak,"

1 though the one at Csobaj is slimmer. The urn number 10 is formed by hand and is analogous with finds at Muhi,

11 Lápospatak,

13 Rozvágy.

14 The bowl number 12 belongs to the 8th category on Hunyady's chart.

16 The piece number 15 is formed by hand, a similar one was found at Muhi though in a Scythian grave.

20 The piece number 3 is the decorated mug which is very similar in its form to the one at Gáva.

25 The circle with rays occurs on Celtic money as a counter-mark.

2i1 The triple grouping of the concentric circles is remarkable on the belly. On the handle an „X" line can be discerned. It was at the finds of the Gellért hill excavation that Éva Bonis observed „X" marks on the spindle rings.

27 In her opinion magic power was attributed to this mark. Similar ones can be observed on certain objects.

28-31 The ram-headed cantharos is very similar to the one found at Kosd in its form,

32 but if we take the handle and the position of the ram-head into consideration it is also 459