Alba Regia. Annales Musei Stephani Regis. – Alba Regia. Az István Király Múzeum Évkönyve. 6.-7. 1965-1966 – Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei: C sorozat (1966)

Tanulmányok – Abhandlungen - Bándi Gábor: The Cemetery of Ercsi-Sinatelep. VI–VII, 1965–66. p. 11–25. t. I–XIV.

neck and the shoulder. H: 13 cm; BD: 10 cm. (PI. X no. 6.) Small bowl, found in the urn. It has a swollen rim,, a flaring arched neck, a truncated coneshaped body. Fragmentary. (PL X no. 5.) Grave 2 9. — (Inv. no. 62. 29. 1—2.) The grave has been uncovered in course of canalization. Rite: urn-cremation. Depth unknown. Urn, biconical, with a concavely arched neck and a flaring rim. Its single handle bridges the neck. A stroke-ornament runs round its shoulder. H: 34 cm; RD: 27,5 cm; BD: 10 cm. (PI. XI no. 1.)' Bowl, with a straight rim, truncated cone-shaped. (PI. XI ПО. 2.) Grave 30. — (Inv. no. 62.30.1-2.) Only the graven furniture is known. Rite: urn-cremation. Urn, shape unkown, broken. Bowl, having stood in the mouth of the urn. It has an. arched flaring neck and a similar rim, a truncated cone-shaped body. Fragmentary. (PL XI no. 3.) Grave 31. — (Inv. no. 62.31.1-2.) The rite of the grave is urn-cremation. It has come to light in course of canalization. Urn, its shape is unkown. Bowl, found standing in the mouth of the urn. It has a flaring rim, a concavely arched neck, a truncated cone-shaped body. Two-handled. A strokeornament runs round its shoulder. H: 18 cm; RD: 37 cm; BD: 11 cm, (PL XI no. 4.) Grave 32. — (Inv. no. 62.32.1-3.) The rite of the grave is urn-cremation. Urn, with a funnel-shaped neck and a globular body. Its single broad strap handle bridges the bend between the neck and the shoulder. There are also two tiny handles opposite to each other-, ornamenting the junction of the neck and the shoulder. Its neck and handle are decorated with incrusted „rolled sticks". H: 44 cm; RD: 27 cm; BD: 13,5 cm. (PI. XI no. 5.) Bowl, found in the mouth of the urn. A vessel with a flaring neck and rim, having a truncated cone-shaped body. Its single handle bridges the neck. H: 11 cm; RD 25 cm; BD: 8 cm. (PI XIno. 6.) Bronze jewels, found among the burnt human bones in the urn. a) 1 bond bracelet (PL XI no. 7); b) 8 fragments of tiny tubes of plate (PL XI nos 8 to 15). Grave 33. — (Inv. no. 62.33.1-2.) The grave has been uncovered in course of canalization. The grave-goods are recovered only in part. Rite: urncremation. Urn, with a concavely arched neck and a flaring rim. Its single handle bridges the neck. The upper part of its body is convexely arched, its lower part truncated cone-shaped. Biconical. A plastic rib with finger imprints runs round its bulge and shoulder. H: 47 cm; RD: 26 cm; BD: 11 cm. (PL XII no. 1.) Bowl, uncovered standing in the mouth of the urn, later lost. Small bowl, found in the urn. It has a flaring; neck and rim, its single handle bridges the neck. Its truncated cone-shaped body joins a pedestal of the same form. H: 6,5 cm; RD: 13 cm; BD: 4,5 cm. PL XII no. 3.) Jug, found beside the urn. It is broken. Bronze dagger, entirely similar to the specimen uncovered in grave 5. Grave 34. — (Inv. no. 62.34.1-3.) The rite of the grave is urn-cremation. Urn, biconical, with a flaring rim and neck. Its bulge has four tunnel-like handles. H: 50 cm; RD: 24,5 cm,; BD: 11. cm. (PL XII no. 2.) Bowl, placed in the mouth of the urn. It has a much flaring neck and rim, a compressed body and a low, small pedestal. A stroke-ornament is running round its shoulder. H: 5 cm; RD: 20,5 cm; BD: 6,5 cm. (PL XII no. 4.) Jug, uncovered beside the urn. Fragmentary. It has an extended oval body and a flaring neck. (PL XII no. 5.) Grave 35. — (Inv. no. 62.35.1-3.) Rite: urn-cremation, Depth : 48 cm. The shape of the pit could not be defined. A much devastated grave. Urn, a stroje-jar-shaped, very fragmentary vessel,, with a broomed ornament. Bowl, only some pieces of which could be found around the mouth of the urn. Jug, uncovered in the urn among the burnt human bones. A typical Nagyrév form, one-handled. H: 7 cm; RD: 5 cm; BD: 3 cm. (PL XII no. 6.) Grave 3 6. — (Inv. no. 62.36.1-2.) A crushed, fragmentary grave. Rite: urn-cremation. Depth: 45 cm. Urn, a stroje-jar-shaped, onei-handled vase with a flaring neck. (PL XIII nos 1 to 4.) Bowl, only some pieces of Which could be found around the urn. Its shape cannot be reconstructed. (PL XIII no. 5.) Grave 37. — (Inv. no. 62.37.1-3.) Rite: urn cremation. Depth: 65 cm. The upper part is crushed. Urn, lacking the portion above the bulge. Its lower part is truncated cone-shaped. A plastic rib, decorated with finger imprints, runs round its bulge. H: 26 cm; BD: 11,5 cm. (PL XIV no. 1.) Bowl, placed in the mouth of the urn. Fragmentary. (PL XIV nos 5 to 8.) Bronze jewels, uncovered in the urn. a) 1 spectacle-shaped spiral, b) 2 tiny tubes of plate, c) 2 buttons. (PL XIV nos 2 to 4.) The description of the graves and the picture of the cemetery allow us to draw some general conclusions even before we turn to the analysis of the groups. The cemetery represents a uniform rite of urn-cremation; in each grave the burnt human bones have been placed in the urn. In the framework of this rite no further characteristic could be observed. Neither did we find a place for the pyre in the area of the cemetery, nor was cremation in the grave practised in the same. Also the location of urns, bowls and jugs, the three almost regular types, may be taken as a uniform feature. In the grave the urn stood upright in each case, covered by the bowl always in a manner which placed the latter in its normal situation in the mouth of the urn. Generally the small jugs have come to light standing at the side of the urn, except for some cases when one jug was put into the urn and above . the burnt human bones, sometimes in the company of a pedestalled small bowl. In the whole cemetery the finds reveal a more or less uniform picture of the economic and social conditions of the people having used this burial place. The equal „wealth" of the graves, with just one or two raised in a considerable measure above the average, is a fitting corroboration for the conclusions we may draw from the arrangement of the groups of graves. (The uncovered area of the cemetery yielded one outstanding grave per group.)