Csengeri Piroska - Tóth Arnold (szerk.): A Herman Ottó Múzeum évkönyve 54. (Miskolc, 2015)
Régészet - Kósa Polett: Meggyasszó-Halom-oldal dűlő: New data int he Tumulus culture research from North-eastern Hungary
Megy aszó-Halom-oldal dűlő: New data in the Tumulus culture research... 179 Fig. 3. Grave SI 3. kép. 1. objektum Fig. 4. Grave S2 4. kép. 2. objektum a sloping hillside (Fig. 2), atop which the well-known Baksa-halom can be found (RÖMER 1869, 146-147; 1870, 60-62; HAMPEL 1870, 254-257). FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS S1 (grave, Fig. 3; Table 1. 1/1-8) Urn grave. During excavation the grave’s contour was not noticeable, however three vessels came to light, which were rather damaged by the drainage works. The absolute depth of the grave is -36—65 cm. The 1st grave ind. (Table 1. 1/1)/ an urn was positioned to the SE side of the assemblage. The south side of the grave was disturbed by digging a trail for the Irrigation Development Programme. The 2nd inch {Table 1. 1/2), a medium-sized, amphora-shaped vessel laid to the west from the 1st inch The 3rd inch (/Table 1. 1/4) was broken at the belly line. It was probably an urn, located to the north of the previous two. Above the 2nd inch a small piece of daub (4th inch) came to light. After further excavation process a pit was documented as feature S8. The grave could have been dug into this pit later, and this piece of daub could have possibly fallen into the grave while the hole was dug. The vessels were taken 1 out in situ and the dismantling has been completed at the museum. All 3 vessels contained ashes. In the 1st incl. the ash layer was 5—6 cm thick, and it included many large, identifiable bone pieces. 2 small mugs (5th and 6th incl. Table 1. 1/3, 5) were put inside the urn, on top of the ashes 5 cm apart from each other. Many black clay beads were scattered in the urn with 0.5—1 cm diameter (9th incl. Table 1. 1/8), which increased in number while depurating the ashes. Moreover from the western part of the 1st urn a bronze ring (Noppenring — 8th incl. Table 1. 1/7) was found. Inside the 2nd vessel the ash was 3—4 cm thick. A very fragmented vessel has fallen into this amphora-shaped ceramic, which might have been a bowl (11th incl.). In the 3rd incl. the ash layer was 6 cm thick, and another mug was placed on the top of it (7th incl. Table 1. 1/6). The two larger pottery (1st and 3rd incl.) contained bigger bone pieces, while the smaller vessel had micro fragmented ashes. The result of the anthropological analysis suggests that the urns held the remains of two Infans 1. aged children, one might have been 3—4 years old, the other even younger (K. ZOFFMANN 2015,1). 1 For the description of inclusions, see Catalogue, at the end of this paper.
