Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
Articles
Burials in the Tärgu Muref Franciscan Friary. A Fourteenth Century Burial with Diadem 191 The M47 (age approx. 50-55) is situated 0.2 m west of M46, only the bones of the right hand, the tibia bones and partly the ankle bones were preserved, the rest of the grave was destroyed by the trench. Based on the characteristics of the tibia bones and on the femur the skeleton belonged to an adult male person. The grave M48 had 1.57 m length and belonged to a female. The M49 is situated south of M46 and M47, its length until the knees is 1.2 m, it appears to be a male burial. The right side of the skeleton was in the southern profile. The skull of M49 is poorly preserved, the rest of the bones were in a better shape. The left hand is placed along the body. The grave was identified at the depth of 1.5 m. The grave M50 was identified in the north eastern part of the trench, together with the grave M51. They were placed beside each other; both skeletons are preserved from the pelvis until the ankles. Their upper part is destroyed by the foundation pit of the well, while their lower side was cut by grave M45. The M50 is 0.96 m long, representing the bones of the legs and the pelvis, the M51 is 0.9 m long only the right pelvis and ankle bones are preserved, on the left side only the bones belonging to the leg were found. The most important burial artefacts were discovered in grave M52 that based on the morpho-taxonomical analysis belonged to a young, ten years old female. The skeleton had approximately 1.14 m length, the bones, except the skull were poorly preserved. From the skeleton the skull, partly the bones of the limbs and the pelvis were preserved. The hands are placed along the body. The uniqueness of the grave stands in the diadem, laid on the forehead. The diadem is consisted of bone-made pearls and eight bronze discs out of which seven preserved. Four discs represent a deer, two lily symbols represent the Angevin coat of arm and one disc has a solar symbol. The bronze discs left significant green coloured marks on the frontal bone of the skull.
