Astaloş, Ciprian (szerk.): Satu Mare. Studii şi comunicări. Seria arheologie 28/1. (2012)

Ágnes Király: A biritual cemetery of the Gáva culture int he Middle Tisza Region and some further notes ont he burial customs of the LBA-EIA in Eastern Hungary

2. Cup (P7. 2)

a. Small cup with rounded, uneven rim, curved conical body, straight base and a loop handle starting under the rim.

b. Handmade of fine paste without tempering material added.

c. Oxidized, light brown- red patchy on both faces of the wall.

d. R: 7,5 - 8 cm; F: 2,5 cm; H: 6cm; W: 0,2 - 0,5 cm.

e. DJM 2011.3.1.2.

f. As a smaller version of the cup described above, their distribution areas are similar. Some examples from the Gáva culture: Taktabáj (Grave 16: Kemenczei 1984, Taf. CLXI. 11); Gávavencsellő-Őr/zegy (Kemenczei 1984, Taf. CXXIX. 4); Tiszaeszlár (Kemenczei 1984, Taf. CXXXI. 25). This smaller type of handled cup appears in the cemetery of Csórva (Trogmayer 1963, Taf. XIV. 5), furthermore known from the Piliny culture at Szurdokpüspöki (Kemenczei 1984, Taf. XIII. 21) and from the Kyjatice culture at the cemetery of Szajla (Kemenczei 1984, Taf. LXXXVI. 9, 10; Taf. LXXXVII. 6).

Grave 2 - Ft. 84/Str. 174 (P4. 2)

The assemblage found at a depth of 25-30 cm has seriously been disturbed by ploughing, only a few pottery sherds deriving from two vessels (P7. 3-4) and some calcined bone fragments could be observed. Therefore neither sex nor age of the deceased could be defined.

1. Fragments of ajar (?)foot and wall (P7. 3)

a. Fragments of a coarse jar with straight base and conical body.

b. Handmade of semi-coarse paste without tempering material added.

c. Reduced, black on the outer, oxidized, yellow on the inner face of the wall.

d. W: 1,7 - 2,48 cm; further proportions are immeasurable.

e. DJM 2011.3.8.1.

f. As the whole shape is unknown, proper analogies of the vessel cannot be listed.

2. Fragments of a biconical vessel foot and shoulder (P7. 4)

a. Fragments of a thin walled vessel with curved biconical body.

b. Handmade of fine paste without tempering material added.

c. Reduced, dark grey on both faces of the wall.

d. W: 0,57 - 1,2 cm; further proportions are immeasurable.

e. DJM 2011.3.8.2.

f. As the whole shape is unknown, proper analogies of the vessel cannot be listed.

Grave 3 - Ft. 75/Str. 161 (P4. 3)

Cremation grave of an individual of indeterminate sex and age found at a depth of 20-25 cm. The ashes were buried in a bowl with wrapped turban rim (P7. 5), covered with a similar dish decorated with concentric channelling at the bottom (P7. 6). Further pottery sherds were found in the immediate vicinity of the grave, of which a smaller cup with wrapped turban rim and channelled decoration on the inside (P7. 7) may be related to the grave.

1. Bowl with wrapped turban rim (P7. 5)

a. Bowl with wide wrapped turban rim, conical body and small, ring-shaped base.

b. Handmade of fine paste without tempering material added.

c. Oxidized, yellow-grey patchy on the outer, reduced, black on the inner face of the wall.

Rd.: 22 - 24 cm; F: 10,5 - 11 cm; H: 8 cm; W: 0,78 - 1,28 cm.

e. DJM 2011.3.2.1.

f. Widespread LBA vessel form. Similar bowls with wide wrapped turban rims of the Gáva

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