Zalai Múzeum 15. Horváth László 60 éves (Zalaegerszeg, 2006)

B. Hellebrandt Magdolna: Kelta leletek Hejőkeresztúr–Berecske-dombról (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye)

Kelta leletek Hejőkeresztúr—Berecske-dombról (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye) 209 cemetery at Jenisûv Újezd womens belts were reconstructed by Waldhauser (WALDHAUSER 1978, 119, Fig. 49.). In this reconstruction also two pendants hang from a larger pendant. Miklós Szabó (SZABÓ 2005, 98) considered that for the Celts the number three stood for perfection, and they attributed a magical power to it. In north-east Hungary only a few belts were found such as at Arka-Herzsarét where one such belt came to light from a cremated grave (SALAMON 1963, 13. Fig. 6. 2). At Sajólád-Csurgó a rectangularshaped piece was found (K.VÉGH 1969, 75. Fig. IX. 1. HOM Ltsz. 53.873.1.). Between Sajópetri and Kistokaj a bronze hook of a belt was found by László Kovács, a collector from Miskolc, who gave it to the Museum in 1994. The hook of this belt ends in an animal head. Below, it widens into a rhomboid shape, which is decorated by an engraved X. Its length is 3,5 cm (HOM Ltsz.99.27.16). In the collection of the Reformed College of Sárospatak there is a fragment of a bronze belt chain from an unknown place under the name of „Karcsa ismeretlen". It is burnt so it was probably from a cremated grave. In some of the pieces there are remains of red enamel and its hook has the shape of a horse head (J. DANKÓ-PATAY 2000, 29). Hunyady considered that the bronze belt was in use and then buried during LT C-D (HUNYADY 1942-44, 104). According to Stanczik and Vaday the dating of this bronze belt to this period is accurate (STANCZIK-VADAY 1971, 26). The bronze fibula (Figs. 3. 5; 8) is Dux-type. There is a similar piece for example at S

zomód—Kenderhegy (VADÁSZ 1987, Fig. IV. 9-10) and Nebringen (KRAMER 1964, Figs. I. 2; 5.1). This is an early fibula type. An analogy of the deep decoration of an open-ended bracelet in figure 3.4 can be found at RácalmásKulcstelep and Nagyécse (MÁRTON 1933, Figs. X. 1-2; VIII. 20). There is one bracelet with similar decoration that was bent into a saddle shape from Abaújszántó (HUNYADY 1942-1944, Fig. XXVII. 11). The arrangement of the plastic decoration of the bracelet is reminiscent of similar finds from Praha-Zizkov and Duchov (FILIP 1956, Figs LIV 14; LXVI. 9). Further analogies of the bracelet are available from Nővé Dvory (KRUTA 1975, Fig 24. 2), Dobra Voda and Radovesice (WALDHAUSER 1987, Figs. 2. 17; 19. 15; 42. 3). The relative dating of Dobra Voda is LT B2-C1, while grave 12 from Radovesice can be dated to LT B2a (WALDHAUSER 1987, 88. 117). The bronze bracelet that was bent into a saddle shape was thickened at four places (Fig. 3. 2-3). Analogies of such decoration can be found at PencKerekdomb (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Fig. XII. 2) and Szomód-Kenderhegy (VADÁSZ 1987, Fig. VII. 7-8). The dating of Szomód-Kenderhegy is LT CI (VADÁSZ 1987, 237). The shoulder of the iron sword is sharp. A similar sword was found amongst others at ZalaszentgrótAranyod, Zalaszentmihály (HORVÁTH 1987, Fig. XXXIX. 4., 5), and closer to Hejőkeresztúr at Bodroghalom (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Figs LXII. 3; LXXI. 7). The dating of Zalaszentgrót is LT B2-C1, while for Bodroghalom is LT Cl

. A similar urn to the one in figures 4.2 and 7.3 came to light from MuhiKocsmadomb (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Fig. LXXX. 11) but the one from Hejőkeresztúr has a sharper profile. It has similar characteristics to an urn in grave 35 at Rezi-Rezicseri (HORVÁTH 1987, Fig. XXIV

17), Jutas-Veszprém (SCHWAPPACH 1974, Fig. III. 4, 6), Csobaj (HELLEBRANDT 1980-1982, Fig. 5.5, and stylistically it is similar to urns in Figs 5. 7-8; 12. 1, 10) and to an urn in grave 34 at Hetény (Chotin, RATIMORSKA 1974, Fig. V 17). These finds can be dated to the early phase of LT B2-C. Analogies of the urn in figures 4.3 and 7.2 came to light at Muhi-Kocsmadomb (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Fig. LXXXI. 7) and Ménfőcsanak (UZSOKI 1987, 40-41, Fig. V. 2). Analogies of the squat urn in figures 4.4 and 7.4 are present in grave 4 at Menfőcsanak (UZSOKI 1987, Fig. IV 2). Analogies of a deep bowl in figures 3.8 and 6.2 are reminiscent of finds from Rácalmás-Kulcstelep (MÁRTON 1933, Fig. XX. 5), Rezi-Rezicseri (HORVÁTH 1987, Fig. XIX. 16) and Farmos (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Fig. X. 7). Also a longnecked vessel with one rib is found at Stretavka (MIROSSAYOVÁ 1979, Fig. 8. 3). The analogy of a handmade small vessel with two handles in figure 3.7 and 6.1 is known from Scythian assemblages. In our collection there is a similar piece from Szirmabesenyő or its surroundings (HELLEBRANDT 2001, Fig. 2. 14). One of the handles is missing from both vessels but the practice of placing an incomplete vessel in the grave is a common Scythian burial habit (HELLEBRANDT 1986-1987, 118). Two-handed handmade and wheel-made vessels were in graves 15, 61 and 134 at Orosháza-Gyopáros (T JUHÁSZ 1972, 219, Fig. 10.2). The profile and stabbed decoration of a flowerpotshaped vessel in figures 3.10 and 6.3 can be found in grave 29 at Sopron-Krautacker and dated to the transitional period of late Halstatt and early LT (JEREM 1981, Fig. 8. 7). Similar decoration is known from Chotin (DUSEK 1966, Figs. X. 12; XL 10), Stretavka (MIROSSAYOVÁ 1979, Fig. 4. 1), Bodroghalom (HELLEBRANDT 1999, Fig. LXVII. 11) and in the south-east at Ciumesti (ZIRRA 1974, Fig. VI. 5).