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JacekAndrzejowski
Ryc.3.OpinogóraGórna,pow.ciechanowski.Przypuszczalnyzasięgcmentarzyskazokresuwpływówrzymskich
CemeteryfromtheRomanperiodinOpinogóra
(SUMMARY)
RecentlyaquarterofacenturyhaspassedsincethepublicationofProfessorJerzyKolendo’sarticleinwhich,
basingonthearchivalmaterialsoftheWarsawSocietyofFriendsofScience(hereinafter:WSFS),hedetermined
thelocationofanecropolisoftheWielbarkculturefromOpinogóra(present-dayOpinogóraGórna)innorth
Mazoviaandcriticallydiscussedthebasisforitsdating.Letusrecallthatin1818GeneralWincentyKrasiński,
theownerofOpinogóra,donatedtothecollectionoftheWSFSaclayurn,whichhadsupposedlybeenfoundin
Opinogóra,andin1822someobjectsfromtheequipmentofaninhumationgrave,discoveredinthegeneral’s
presenceinthevicinityofthelocalchurch;healsomentionedanotherurnwhichhadbeendestroyedatthetime.
In1832,afterthefalloftheNovemberUprising,thecollectionoftheWSFSwereconsideredbytheRussian
authoritiestobewartrophiesandweretransportedtoStPetersburgwheretheyweredivided-inaccordance
withthetsar’sinstructions-betweenvariouspersonsandinstitutions,whileapartofthecollectionwassimply
destroyed.Thosespecimens,however,arenottheonly“antiquities”whichcanbeassociatedwiththeOpinogóra
cemeteryoftheWielbarkculture.
AttheInstituteofArchaeologyoftheJagiellonianUniversity,inthecollectionoftheformerArchaeological
Cabinet,aclayvesseliskeptwhichfounditswaytheretogetherwiththecollectionofCountAleksander
Przezdziecki,whichwerewilledbyhimtotheCabinetuponhisdeathin1871.Thevesselisadeepbowlwith
anunevensurface,itscolourrangingfrombrownishgreytobrown,coveredbyirregulartracesofhorizontal,
unevensmoothing.Theheightofthevesselisapproximately17-18cm,thediameteroftherimis25-25.5cm,of
thebelly27.5-28cm,andofthebase11.5-12cm(Fig.1).
ThedescriptionofthevesselcorrespondstotypeVIAintheSchindler/Wołągiewiczclassificationofthepot-
teryoftheWielbarkculture.Thesevesselshaveaquitebroad-rangingchronology:fromphaseB
2
/C
1
tophaseD,
withmostofthebetterdatedspecimensoriginatinginphaseB
2
/C
1
-C
1a
,eventhoughyoungervessels,fromphases
C
1b
-C
2
,orevenD,arejustascommonintheareaoftheright-bankMazoviaandPodlasie.
AleksanderPrzezdzieckidisplayedthevesselfromOpinogóraatanexhibitionofantiquitiesinWarsawin
1856.Atthetimetheurnstillcontained“burntbones,partofanotherurnburntwithbonesandashes,aswell
asre
mainsofredclaybeads”andinthisstateitwaspreserveduntilthe1920s/1930s.Later,thecontentswere
r
emoved,probablyduringasecondaryconservation,andweremostlikelylost.
