Szőllősy Csilla - Pokrovenszki Krisztián (szerk.): Alba Regia. Annales Musei Stephani Regis - Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei. C. sorozat 45. (Székesfehérvár, 2017)
Tanulmányok/közlemények - Régészet - Keszi Tamás: A nagyrévi kultúra szimbolikus ábrázolásokkal díszített urnái Kiapostag - Dunai-dűlő lelőhelyről. Alternatív javaslat a Budapest - Pannonhalmi úti edény ábrázolásának értelmezésére
Tamás Kess^i: Cinerary urns from the Nagyrév Culture ornamented with symbolic representations found at the Kisapostag - Dunai-dűlő site serpents in their hands could not have come from an undocumented Aegean concept in the Early Bronze Age. This information coincides with the fact that the Aegean Region, too, was part of the margin of the world system in the Early Bronze Age.180 Horned/antlered deities widespread in Europe and the serpent depicted together with them are usually associated with Chthonic forces and are the symbols of resurrection. This would make it clear why they were placed on a burial vessel. However, one should be cautions with this kind of combinations given the uncertain conditions under which the finds were discovered and the lack of context,181 and the example of the urn found in grave No. 100 in Kisapostag, which was clearly an everyday object and only became a burial accessory in the second place. Summary The engraved depictions found on the Kisapostag urns introduce new aspects into the interpretation of the works of ‘art’ of the Early Bronze Age. Certain markings and groups of markings, despite their similarity or even identity, depending on their context, could carry different meanings. Their use allowed to built different things from a few basic forms. The spread of similar motifs suggests that distant settlements were connected by direct relationships, which shrank the network that had created the Nagyrév Culture into a ‘small world’. New figurative representations also affect the interpretation of the earlier ones. In the case of the Budapest-Pannonhalmi tit vessel, this possible new interpretation can add to the nature of the relationships between the Carpathian Basin and the Middle East. 180 SHERRATT 1993, 23; RAHMSTORF 2006. The lack of Schleifennadeln and Ösenringe, which prove the relationships between the Middle East and Central Europe, in the Aegean Region (GERLOFF 1993, Fig. 2, 3) also supports the theory that Western Asia- Central Europe relations were realised through today’s Turkey. For further information on the partially interdependent networks of the Anatolian coastline and of inland areas, see: EFE 2007 ; MASSA — PALMISANO 2018. 181 SCHREIBER 1984a, 14, 16. 38
