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Ancient tombs from Abrittus and Durostorum

  • TITLU în română: Morminte antice de la Abrittus şi Durostorum
  • Subiect: In the autumn of 2004, during digging of canal for laying down of phone cable in the area of the Eastern necropolis of the late ancient town of Abrittus, the workers found a stone sarcophagus, which led to its urgent study. The eastern tumulus necropolis of Abrittus is located about 1 km away from the castle of Abrittus in the area of “Mezarata”, on the western bank of Beli Lom River and on the both sides of the road Razgrad-Varna. The open funeral complex is located in the south-western part of the necropolis, 10 metres away from the road Razgrad-Varna and 800 metres away south of the castle of Abrittus. The ground is a private property and is processed constantly. Within a hypothetical reconstruction it can be admitted that the earliest rites refer to the primary burial in Sarcophagus № 1. This burial can be referred chronologically to the second half of 3rd century. Later on, the tomb and the sacralising crypt around the tomb have been constructed on the same time, and sarcophagus № 1 has been included in the crypt. Probably the buried people were family-related. The built-in coin of the Emperor Aurelian (270-275) in the eastern part of the crypt – an antoninianus, minted in 274-275 – would be considered as terminus ante quem for the construction of the complex – the last quarter of 3rd century. The stock, found in the northern part of the tomb chamber, provides the opportunity to admit that it belonged to the first man or the first people, buried there. After these burials the tomb has been closed with vertically dropping stone gate. Coins of the Emperors Constantius the Second (337-361) and Theodosius the Second (402-450) were discovered on the both sides of the tomb’s entrance, indicating the removal of the skeletons – probably twice for this long period of time – to the sarcophagus № 2, situated in front of the crypt. The tomb has been used for a long period of time, as we can see from the number of the buried people. New people have been buried in the tomb chamber in the middle of 5th century, probably after the invasion of the Huns in 447. After this act the tomb has been built-in with hewn stones, soldered with mortar. The remnants of skeletons and the funeral stock from sarcophagus № 2 are from the initial burials in the tomb. The fragmented bronze mirror, found here, is a widespread type, made in the workshops of the province Germania Inferior. We have analogues in the mirrors from Nijmegen (the Netherlands), dated the whole 3rd century, which is an evidence for terminus ante quem for the construction of the complex.
  • Limba de redactare: engleză
  • Secţiunea: Antiquité
  • Vezi publicația: Cultură şi civilizaţie la Dunărea de Jos
  • Editura: Muzeul Dunării de Jos
  • Loc publicare: Călăraşi
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2008
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXIV; anul 2008
  • Paginaţia: 187-199
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