F. 1450 was defined by its colour, texture and a Roman tegula, which was put in an upright position at the skull. The area slopes from W to E with the E being at a lower elevation. The fill of the grave was gray-brown in colour, with red hints. It contained small amount of obsidian flakes, animal bones, pottery sherds and charcoal (tiny bits). After we removed the fill, a skeletton, dorsally extended from W to E (head to W) was found (for a detailed description of the skeleton see U. sheet 8852). The bones were not very well preserved and the lower 2/3 of tibiat fibula of the right leg was missing. The lower 1/2 of tibiat fibula of the left leg was missing too. Both feet were missing together with a tile. The body was laid on 5 (initially 6) Roman tegulae (tiles). A tile in an upright position was placed at the head. A copper (?) pin/needle was found at the lower part of the ribs at the right side of the skeleton. No other grave goods were found.
The inclusions of the burial fill were (in my opinion) not related to the skeleton. The tiles, which the skeleton rested on, together with the one at the head were part of the grave construction.
The burial cut had a rectangular shape in plan, with square corners at the head. The corners at the feet were not possible to be identified because the easternmost part of the grave was destroyed (by erosion or/and human activity probably). The sides of the cut were vertical, its base was flat. The cut was made in a harder bricky layer (walls or wall destructions?), orange-reddish in colour and sandy in texture. For a detailed description of the burial cut see U. sheet 8851).
NB An obsidian mirror was found in the burial fill (dry sieve). |
