THE GRAVE OF PSZEWORSK CULTURE NEAR THE VILLAGE ILYATKA (A NEW DISCOVERY)

Abstract

A grave of the Przeworsk culture was discovered accidentally near the village Ilyatka of Starokostiantyniv district, Khmelnytsky region. The found items are stored in the fund of the Kamyanets-Podilsky Historical State Reserve. The burned bones were placed in the iron shield boss. Besides the shield boss which was used as an urn, the burial set consisted of a spearhead, an iron sword, an iron household knife, three iron nails, a bronze tip of the sword belt, a fragment of the horn chest, a fragment of the upper part of the ceramic bowl, fragments of the bronze forging, and a piece of lead. All these things, except the piece of lead, have traces of being on fire. The grave that was found in the village Ilyatka is typical for Przeworsk culture. The burial tradition and things that were found in the grave have numerous analogies among Przeworsk sites on the territories of Poland and Western Ukraine. Distinctive shapes of the found items allow determining the time of the grave discovered near the village Ilyatka as a phase C1 of the Late Roman time (150–270 AD).
Key word: Przeworsk culture, grave, cremation, sword, spear, shield, shield boss