Summary (English)
EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF TOPCHII (Galena Radoslavova – galena_rz@abv.bg) Rectangular tomb No. 2 was discovered in Dalgata Mogila Tumulus. It is oriented northeast – southwest, measures 3.75 m by 2.87 m and is built of uneven stones bonded with mud. The tomb was destroyed. A jamb from the entrance, which was 2.70 m in width, was preserved in the southern part of the southwestern wall. The tomb was 1.50 m in height. The vaulting began at 60 cm in height. A niche, 40 cm in width, 65 cm in height and 55 cm in depth, is situated inside the southeastern wall. Fragmentary Greek amphorae were found inside. Fragmentary amphorae and a dolium were found on the floor in front of the niche. A second niche, 30 cm in width, 30 cm in height and 60 cm in depth, is situated inside the southeastern wall. It contained sherds from Greek amphorae. Two niches are situated inside the northeastern wall: the first one is 90 cm in width, 90 cm in height and 90 cm in depth, and the second one is 80 cm in width, 60 cm in height and 50 cm in depth. Fragmentary dolia were found inside the niches. A clay altar, 95 cm by 60 cm in size, was discovered in the southeastern corner of the burial chamber. A patch of ash and burned layer, 50 cm by 50 cm in size, was explored in the chamber. A bilateral iron fibula of the end of the 4th – 3rd century BC and fragmentary Greek amphorae were found in the burial chamber. The floor of the chamber is of clay plaster, 3 cm in thickness. A bronze fibula of the 7th – 6th century BC and fragments of dolia, Greek amphorae and Thracian pottery were found in the tumular embankment. Part of the imported Greek amphorae belongs to Soloha I Type and dates to the end of the 4th – 3rd century BC. The Thracian pottery comes from the 4th – 3rd centuries BC, which is the date of the tomb.
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- Galena Radoslavova - Regional Museum of History – Razgrad
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- Regional Museum of History – Razgrad
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