AQUINCUM

en hiánytalan. Az emberi maradványok
tudományos vizsgálata még nem történt
meg, egy igen komoly, patológiás eset (torz
végtagok) azonban még a laikus számára
is nyilvánvaló. (6. kép) Ezt leszámítva
egyéb abnormális jelenséget, a koponyán,
vázcsontokon külsérelmi nyomokat nem
észleltünk.
Az ásatási terület már említett déli sírkertjében,
illetve az északi végen csoportosultak
az épített sírok (2 kő-, 7 téglasír),
ezek mindegyike kivétel nélkül rabolt volt.
A kősírok kőlapjai között másodlagosan
felhasznált, feliratos vagy faragott követ
nem találtunk. A téglasírokhoz általában
bélyeg nélküli darabokat használtak, annyi
azonban ezekben az esetekben is megálla-
6. kép: A 19. sírban fekvő, komoly patológiás
elváltozásokat mutató csontváz
Fig. 6: A skeleton in grave no. 19, showing serious
pathologies in its structure
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pointed nearly exactly west–east, while
the upper, dominating one was oriented
northeast-southwest.
Judged from the few in situ bones, the
skeletons were found well preserved in the
constructed graves. They were less well
preserved in burials with wooden coffi ns
and in the simple shaft graves especially
at the edge of the cemetery, since this area
was later inundated. Where the position
of the skeletons could be observed, they
were extended on the back except for an
infant, which had been placed in the grave
in a contracted position. The legs of the
deceased were extended side by side; the
arms were crossed on the chest or on the
pelvis. The teeth were strikingly healthy,
and usually none were lost. The scientifi c
analysis of the human remains has not yet
been carried out. There was one obviously
very serious pathologic case (distorted
limbs). (Fig. 6) Other than this burial,
no other abnormality or injury could be
detected on the skulls or other bones of
the skeleton.
The constructed graves clustered in
the above-mentioned southern graveyard
and in the northern end of the excavation
area (2 stone and 7 brick graves). All had
been robbed. We could not fi nd secondarily
used, inscribed or dressed stones
among the stone slabs of the stone graves.
Unstamped bricks were usually used for
the construction of the brick graves. It
can be said, nevertheless, that the building
material of the individual graves was
homogenous with the bricks coming the
same workshop. Two graves in the grave
yard contained bricks produced by cohors
VII Breucorum Antoniniana as well as
another cohors, which could not be identifi
ed more accurately, were found in the
building material of another grave. The