The first season of the excavation of Grd-i Tle: The cemetery of the eastern plateau at Grd-i Tle (Field 2)
The first season of the excavation of Grd-i Tle: The cemetery of the eastern plateau at Grd-i Tle (Field 2)

Summary/Abstract: During the first season of the Hungarian Archaeological Mission of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest at Kurdistan (Iraq) a spot with dimensions of 4 × 4 m was opened on the edge of the eastern plateau of Grd-i Tle (850-480-SE). Almost immediately under the surface a number of closely located cist graves (in stone-built coffins) have been discovered. Among the altogether 22 burials only four were adults, the rest belonged to new-borns and infants, and to small children. The adult graves were dug down deeper and laid in greater distance from each other. The infant graves were, so to say, filled the remaining space between them, and laid directly below the surface. In consequence, the edge of the plateau was almost completely covered with infant burials, the stones of which are still visible on the surface of the entire plateau. Due to the absence of grave goods, the exact dating of the cemetery is not yet possible, however, however, in all likelihood it can be dated to sometime between the Parthian-Seleucid period and the age of the late medieval fortification complex.

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