Cremation D

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This cremation burial was situated in the eastern part of the tumulus, close to three wagon burials and the burial with three horses (B). The fire was lit in a rectangular pit cut into the natural ground. Clay vessels, spears with iron spearheads, bronze strigils and a bronze lantern accompanied the deceased into the afterlife.
 
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