In Oerlingen (part of Kleinandelfingen), some 15 kilometers to the north of Winterthur, a cellar was excavated in 1924-1925. It measured 7.00 x 2.50 m. and was 1. 80 m. deep. It was entered via a staircase, 1.25 m. wide, in one of the corners. Near the staircase were two recesses, measuring 0.85 x 0.60 m. and 0.80 x 0.70 m., apparently hearths with chimneys. In the recesses and on the floor of the room ashes and charcoal were found. The sides of the recesses showed traces of fire, but the walls of the cellar did not.
View of the cellar. Photo: Viollier 1925, fig. 2.
View of the staircase and the recesses. Photo: Viollier 1925, fig. 3.Amongst the finds were two stili for writing on wax tablets. Two coins were found, one perhaps of Vespasianus, the other of Trajanus.
Metal, glass and bone objects found in the cellar. Photo: Viollier 1925, fig. 4.
1-3: brooches; 4: wheel-shaped brooch; 5: little bell; 6: needle; 7: glass ring; 8: bone button;
9: bone disc; 10: axe; 11-12: brooches; 13-14: stili; 15-16: knives; 17-18: clamps; 19: nail.
Literature
Viollier 1925.
[6-Apr-2024]
