A ritual depot from the outskirts of Sirok

Abstract

A deposit from the end of the 4th – early 5th century AD was discovered in a metal detector survey on the site Sirok-Alsó Rozsnak, Kígyós-patak partja. The findspot of the recovered artefacts (a shield boss, two bronze buckles, and a pair of strap divider discs from a horse harness) proved to be a north–south directed, artificial platform on which the items had been placed and covered with stone packing. The excavation brought to light nails with silver-coated heads, a silver strap end, and glass cup fragments. The lack of human remains, the shallowness of the base platform, the natural setting of the feature, and the recovered drinking vessel remains indicate that the feature unearthed at Sirok was a ritual deposit.