EXPLORATIONS OF TUMULUS NO. 4 IN THE NECROPOLIS OF DEULTUM (Petar Balabanov – pbalabanov@nbu.bg) The main part of the embankment in the western half of the tumulus was excavated. In order to level the terrain, a number of small mounds were initially heaped and then evened at 4 m depth from the present top of the tumulus. The small mounds lie on a pavement of stone rubble. Various sherds were found within the tumular embankment above the small mounds. Two inhumation burials of adults were discovered in the northern periphery of the tumulus. The burials were designated with semicircular walls of broken stones, c. 2 m in diameter and up to 60 cm in height. The grave pits were more than 1.90 m in depth and the skeletons were oriented to the west, with hands stretched alongside the bodies. No grave goods were found, but 11 iron nails were driven through each body: one in the skull, two in the temples, two in the shoulders, two in the pelvis, two in the knees and two in the feet. In addition, two child burials were discovered in the northern tumular periphery. The rectangular grave pits are east – west oriented and dug at 4.40 m in depth under the ground level. Each burial contains a bronze coin of Honorius (395 – 423 AD). A large pit, c. 6 m in diameter, surrounded with a circular pavement of stone rubble was uncovered in the central part of the tumulus. Several dozens fragments of ceramic vessels dated to the 3rd – 4th centuries AD were found in the tumular embankment above the pit.