Cemeteries

22. GLASS OR SMALL POT
This dark grey, almost black coloured small clay pot with granular material was
manufactured locally.

49. FIBULA
The bronze clothes pin with pierced ornament was typical for the wear of Celtic women.

60. LEAD SLABS
The slab with a small handle represents the three Graces, the goddesses of charm,
pleasure, beauty and goodness, and the Romans gave such slabs to the gods as votive
gifts, when they asked for their benevolence, help, or thanked them for their support.

61. CHEST HANDLE
This beautiful and delicately crafted bronze handle with stylized duck heads may have
belonged to a larger chest, the rivets used to strengthen it have also been preserved.

62. BRACELET
The characteristic of the bracelet made of sheet bronze is the bulge in the form of a
purse.

64. CHEST KEY
The iron key opened such a chest”s lock that was mostly found in cemeteries, and which
the Romans thought would be useful for the afterlife.

66. CHEST ORNAMENTS
This bronze piece could have decorated the front or top of a lockable wooden chest, and
the Romans believed that chests were also necessary for the afterlife, which is why the
remains of the metal parts of chests are often found in cemeteries.

67. BRACELET
This bracelet is made of bone, because of its cheapness, easy processing and
showiness, bone was also liked and Romans used it as a raw material for jewellery.

69., 74., 76. BONE NEEDLE
Bone needles were not only found in graves, but were also found at the spa and in the
area of the settlement, they could be sewing needles and to attach buns and braids.

72. BONE COMB
One of the representative objects of the late Roman women’s fashion was the bone
comb, which was made by joining several smaller parts with bronze rivets, and the small
circles in its decoration were created by turning and scratching the bone with metal tools.

80. BOWL
This clay bowl may have been made by a local potter and imitated metal vessels with its
yellow-green lead glaze.

84. INCENSE BOWL
A fragrant plant was burned in the clay pot, these bowls were found in every house, and
the family used it to honour the household gods.

86. GEMMA
The jasper that belongs to the ring represents Victoria, the goddess of victory from
Roman mythology, and this type of ring stone is called Gemma.

87., 93., 94. BEAD
Women took their necklace to the afterlife, which they wore for many years in their
lifetime; these necklaces consisted of colourful glass beads.

88. CLASP
The clasp was made of wire, it could be used to close a necklace, a small hook had to be
hooked into the hoop.

89., 90., 91., 98., 103. PHIAL/VIAL
The smaller and bigger thin walled bottles contained perfumes, balms and ointments, the
round-bottom ones could be stored on a wooden stand.

92. RING
The compartment of the bronze ring has a deep blue glass paste, two figures can be seen
on its worn ring stone.

95. RING
The Romans liked rings as jewellery, they used it for sealing, as wedding rings, they could
be made out of bronze, silver, gold, from such glass they made it less often.

107. MIRROR
The Romans created a smooth and shiny mirror by polishing the bronze surface.

108. EARRING
This half-moon shaped earring was found in a woman’s grave, was made out of cheap
bronze and imitated a precious metal earring.

110. BRACELET
This bronze bracelet, which imitates precious metal jewellery, could be connected with its
looped end.

112. 133. FIBULA
Bronze clothespins were important accessories of the Roman women’s and men’s
clothing, the clothes were most often fastened together at the shoulder.

117. STONE LION HEAD
The full-length statue of the lion probably stood in a larger tomb with its mate, and the
lions protected the tomb.

120. GOLD-PLATED BEADS
In the Roman era, gold jewellery also appeared in noble clothing, examples of which are
these simple double spherical gold-plated beads.

121. JUG
The shape of the water jug was typical during the entire Roman period, but this type of
glaze was only used since the 4th century.

122. POT
Not only was the shape of this pot rare, its decoration was also not typical in Pannonian
pottery making.

124. BOWL
They placed everyday items used for drinking and eating, such as this bowl, in the tomb
too with the Roman dead.

125. DIPPING VESSEL
Wine drinking was a very important part of Roman culture, this vessel belonged to a set,
which was usually made out of bronze, and rarely out of clay.

127. LAMPIONS
Imported or locally manufactured clay lampions were used for lightning, a wick was
placed inside and oil was poured through the smaller hole.

128-130. FIBULAS
Usually these bronze clothespins were used both by men and women to fasten the
clothes on the shoulder, often they were used as jewellery too.

131. BELT BUCKLE
Probably only the prestigious soldiers had a leather belt, which had a bronze buckle like
this too.