A BRONZE ANTHROPOMORPHIC “BALSAMARIUM” FROM AQUINCUM Cover Image
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ANTROPOMORF BRONZ „BALSAMARIUM” AQUINCUMBÓL
A BRONZE ANTHROPOMORPHIC “BALSAMARIUM” FROM AQUINCUM

Author(s): Annamária R. Facsády
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Customs / Folklore
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Aquincum; cemetery; bronze vessel; bronze bust; balsamarium; unguentum; instrumentum balnei; nebris; bulla;

Summary/Abstract: An anthropomorphic bronze vessel was recovered from a cremation burial of the Budaújlak cemetery section of the canabae’s western cemetery by Bécsi Road in Budapest. The other grave goods from the burial were three light coloured handled jugs, a silver T brooch lacking the pin, a strongly corroded iron belt buckle (?) and bronze fragments that probably came from a small casket. According to the anthropological examination, the few calcinated bone fragments from the burial suggest that the deceased had been a “probably adult man”.

  • Issue Year: 139/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 157-169
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian