Istvánovits Eszter: A Rétköz honfoglalás és Árpád- kori emlékanyaga / Régészeti gyűjtemények Nyíregyházán 2. (Nyíregyháza, 2003)
A rétközi temetőkről - Ibrány-Esbó-halom - Függelék: - Vörös István: Az Ibrány-Esbó-halmi X-XI. századi temető állatmaradványai
Csontméretek 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 199. sír mc. sin. 220. 48 34 48,5 31 23 36 136,0 mc. dext. 220 48 33,5 48,5 22 36 136,0 o.ph.I. sin. ant. 80 35 43,5 35 19 22,5 o.ph.I. dext. ant. 81 53 35 44 34,5 19 23 o.ph.II. sin. ant. 38 48 44 32 o.ph.II. dext. ant. 38 47 43,5 47 28 19 22 mt sin. 252 46 29 46 23 35 131,7 mt dext. 252 46 22 131,7 o.ph.I. sin. post 76 48 30 39 33 17 22,5 o.ph.I. dext. post 76 50 31 40 34 17 23 o.ph.II. sin. post. 46 29 21 o.ph.II. dext. post. 35 45 40 41 28 20 247. sír o.ph.I. dext. post. 81. 50 35 43 35 19 22,5 1: teljes hosszúság, 2: prox. epiph. sz., 3: diaph. legkisebb sz., 4: dist.epiph. sz., 5: prox.epiph. vastagság, 6: diaph. legkisebb v., 7: dist. epiph. v., 8: marmagasság (cm) Animál remains of the Ibrány-Esbó-halom 10-11 century cemetery In the completely excavated 10 t h-l l t h century commoners' cemetery there were 9 graves from the Period of the Hungárián Conquest and one pit near a grave of the Árpád Age that contained animal remains and can be considered as the trace of burial, sacrificial ceremonies. Horse, cattle, sheep and cat bones were found from the Period of Hungárián Conquest, and horse, cattle and fox bones from the Árpád Age. 1. Partial horse burial - grave 119 (male burial with coffin) The hide of the horse containing the skull was placcd into the eastern end of the grave, so that the two forefeet and one of the hind feet and the head got between the coffin and the northern wall of the grave. The other hind foot was found near the eastem wall. The sacrificed horse was a 5.25-5.3 years old, 133.8 cm high mare. 2. Sacrificial and food presents Sheep scapula (female grave 264) and rump (grave 224). 3. Animal tooth amulet Horse (M. - near male grave 249 and P. - near male grave 256); cattle (M. - near female grave 232); fox (caninus - female grave 197). 4. Animal attribute Horse (o.ph.I. - child grave 247), cattle (truncated skull), fragment of an eggshell (grave 150). 5. Fox burial In the Árpád Age part of the cemetery, in the pits west of graves 104 and 117a skull of a young fox with the atlas and fragmentary skeleton of an old fox were found. 6. An archaeological evidence of a folk belief from the Period of the Hungárián Conquest Grave 224 was found in the part of the cemetery coming from the Period of the Hungárián Conquest, in the southern part of fourth grave line. In the eastern end of the grave-pit, under the humán skull a headless skeleton of a young cat and a lumbar of a sheep were placed. 417
