Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 28. (2006)
Arheologie
29. The bottom of a pot, dbottom 14 cm, light brown and grey color, superficially polished, high quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd - and coarse-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/30] (Plate 6/6) 30. The bottom of a pot, dbottom 12 cm, brick-red color, with traces of secondary burning, moderately polished, high quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd- and sand-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/31] (Plate 6/7) 31 .The bottom of a pot, dbottom 18 cm, brick-red color, with traces of secondary burning, moderately polished, high quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd-, coarse- and sand-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/34] (Plate 6/8) 32. The rim, neck, shoulder and a part from the body of a pot (Vl-Roman, llla- Lazär, Vla-Ciugudean), dnm 14 cm, black color, with traces of secondary burning, moderately polished, high quality oxidizing burning, sand-tempered, decorated with “deepened triangles” alternated with incised lines (Af-Roman). [nr. inv. 7845/35] (Plate 3) 33. Fragment of a vessel, brownish-grey color, with traces of intensive use and secondary burning, superficially polished, high quality oxidizing burning, coarse- and sand-tempered, decorated with triangular impressions (L-Roman). [nr. inv. 7845/25] (Plate 5/1) 34. The bottom of a vessel, dbottom 8 cm, brick-red color, with traces of secondary burning, superficially polished, moderate quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd- and coarse-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/27] (Plate 6/3) 35. The bottom of a vessel, black and dark brown color, moderately polished, moderate quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd- and sand-tempered, decorated with the incised “trestle” motive (Fa-Roman), [nr. inv. 7845/33] (Plate 6/2). The analysis of the material Most of the fragments belong to the pots. The majority of them are of brick-red color, with grey and yellow hue in some cases. Five of the recipients are brown, in two cases combined with yellow. This color appears together with red. A pot is dark red and another one is black. As in the case of this settlement, the brick-red color of the pottery is typical for the whole territory of the culture1. Secondary burning could be observed in the case of seven fragments of pots. Some of them are recipients which had a direct contact with the fire in the moment of their usage, but most of them show the traces of a secondary burning dating from the period when the potsherd had been broken or are the result of a deficient burning1 2. 72 % of the pottery is superficially polished and only 28 % moderately polished. Among the discovered potsherds there were no wellpolished fragments. This seems to be influenced by the characteristics of the soil and not by the habit of the local pottery workshop. The burning of the pottery from the site of Ogra is exclusively oxidizing, in the case of large recipients in 88 % of the cases this was of high quality and only in 12 % of moderate quality. No fragment is known with inferior quality burning. Regarding the temper materials of the pottery, one can observe the variety of combinations. The materials used are coarse or fine sand, milled potsherds or chaff. The ornaments on the large vessels are the lines of impressions, incisions, the “trestle” and “fish skeleton” motives or unorganized incised lines. 1 Roman 1976, 36; Lázár 1978, 36-37; Todea 2005, 340. 2 Lazár 1978, 36. 10
