Alba Regia. Annales Musei Stephani Regis. – Alba Regia. Az István Király Múzeum Évkönyve. 1. – Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei: C sorozat (1960)
Tanulmányok – Abhandlungen - Thomas Edit, B.: Medaillion Applications on Pannonian Vessels. I, 1960. p. 71–76. XLII–XLIII.
72 also incomplete correspondingly. In spite of the abstract delineation of the animal and its surroundings we feel some lively momentum in the design. 4. The entire Pannonian material of embossed crustullum forms and medallions embellishing wessels lends only one piece more which may be connected with the mentioned three specimens, i. e. a piece fabricated in a spirit identical with the former ones, derived from Aquincum. It was B. Kuzsinszky who published the piece, unearthed in the so-called G as.-works potter's settlement of Aquincum, as a specimen of the equipment of regatives, belonging to one of the Roman potteries о I the place.' The negative form found in the Gas-woriks potter's settlement (Pl. XLII, 3), serving for the production of medallion applications, is a round seal. Its largest diameter is 8.5 cm. Its reverse is bulging, it bas a bandy form similar to that of the Brigetio specimen. Its obverse is slightly bent in the burning process, the picture of the negative is but flatly deepened. The border of the design was made up of a continuous line running round, encircling a frame of pearls typical of all specimens and two additional thin lines. In this frame we see an antelope running to the left, with characteristic straight, twirled horns on its small bead. Below it there are marks depicting grass, similar to 1he specimens described before; behind the animal we observe stylized blanches and leaves, before it a spiked vegetation. The positive and negative disks reviewed here were used for the embellishment of the so-called Applikengefässe directly or indirectly. Scientific literature, dealing with Pannónia," agrees in regarding these vessels as imported ware of Gallián origin in this province, modifying this view, expressed originally in the comprehensive work of J. Déchelette, 11 ontly in supposing that they came to us by the mediation of Germanian workshops. According to J. Déchelette such vessels decorated with medallions were manufactured in the potteries of Gallia and Germania exclusively. 10 His statistics of finds show that these applications were diffused in Southern and Eastern France, i. e. in Gallia Narbonensis and Aauitania." The Gallián centre and the predominant trend of diffusion are equally signalled by the specimens uncovered in the Rhone valley. The museums of Orange, Vienne and Lyon are incredibly rich in vessels with disk applications. Ats it is shown by the well preserved forms of: vessels, the medallion applications were used mainly for the decoration of three-eared jugs with almost globular bodies and tightening necks. J. Déchelette presents an almost unhurt threeeared jug, found at Lyon in 1727, 12 having three medallion applications (Fig. 1). He does not mention the subjects of the embossed portraits, he describes, however, that the he'ght of the vessel is 16 cm, it is made of a pink 7 B. KUZSINSZKY. BpR. 11 (1932) 221, Fig. 231. 8 Ibid.: A. ALFÖLDI, op. cit. 9 J. DÉCHELETTE, Les vases céramiques ornés de la Gaule Romaine (Paris 1904, vo 1. 1—2). 10 Ibid. 240. earthen basic material with brownish paint and metallic, bronze-like reflexes. As judged by the description the jug gives the general impression of a bronze vessel. Fig. 1. Three-handled jug with medallion applications, found at Lyon. (After J. Déchelette.) In the design shown ; n Fig. 2 we present after J. Déchelette a jug found at Orange, similar to the former; this vessel came to the M. Pierpont Morgan collection in America from the Gréan collection." From the Trion cemetery of the citizens of Lyon several jugs were uncovered, having medallion applications, but the connexions of finds of the ancient excavation cannot be determined any more, so this material is unsuitable for dating. — The embossed portrayals of these disks are mainly representing different games, so they cannot be vessels destined for graves." Numerous specimens of this kind of vessel are known from the Rhone valley, but according to J. Déchelette no such pottery came to light so far which would have contained negatives for the manufacture of disks or bungled specimens of vessels. On the other hand numerous vessels with stamped signatures are known. Recently a jug with medallion application (Fig. 3) was uncovered in course of the excavations carried out at Trinquestaille on the right bank of the Rhone. 13 The 22 cm high, two-handled, globular jug 11 Ibid. 23«, 244. 12 Ibid. 236'. 13 Ibid. 237. 14 Ibid. 241 15 Gallia 2 (1944) 263—.
