Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 29/3. (2009)

Bordi Zsigmond Lóránd: Roman Age Discoveries from Tărnăveni (Mureş County)

Roman Age Discoveries from Tärnäveni (Muref County)

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camps (castra) like Bucium15, in civil settlements like Criste^ti16 or Turda17, and even in cemeteries like Locusteni18.

Plates (PI. V/l-3)

Only three fragments of three different plates were retrieved. All of them are made of homogeneous mica mixed clay and are fired in an aerobe ambiance. Two of them (Pi. V/l, 2) had double backed rim; their upper parts were decorated with concentric flutings. The third potsherd (Pl. V/3) it’s from a plate with right rim and thickened edge, with fluting on its upper side. These types of plates appeared equally in settlements (ex. Criste§ti19) and cemeteries (ex. Locusteni20).

Dishes (Pl. V/4-6)

The fragments of this type of pottery belong to some flat, grey vessels with rough surface, truncated cone shape, with inverted rim, made from homogeneous sand mixed clay, fired in anaerobe ambiance.

Lids (Pl. III/5, 6)

The two discovered fragments of lids with flat conical form were made of sand mixed clay, fired in anaerobe ambiance.

II. In July 1995, during the digging of a foundation in Porumbeilor Street 8 (fig. 1, 2), the owner Gros Hans found an important quantity of potsherds. From the excavated soil a lot of pottery fragments were collected. In the absence of any stratigraphic observation or documentation of the excavated surface, we are not able to make any supposition related to the provenance of the materials (whether they are remains of a house or a rubbish pit).

1. Big (storage?) pot (PI. VI/1)

It was wheel-made, from fine, homogeneous sand mixed clay. It has a bulging belly shape, with short neck and everted right rim. The maximum diameter is lower than the half part of the vessel. The colour is light puce and the upper parts are covered with brown engobe. The vessel is decorated with two pairs of incised lines, one below neck and the other in the region of the belly. Dimensions: H = 35 cm; 0up =11 cm; 0max = 24 cm. A similar vessel was found during the archaeological researches in the settlement from Criste^ti21.

2. Pot with two handles (Pl. VI/4)

The vessel was wheel-made, from homogeneous, well worked mica mixed clay. It has puce colour, and it is covered inside with a brick-red engobe, except for the bottom. The rim is right and it has a fluting for the lid in the inside part. The neck of the vessel is short, its shoulders are drooping and the maximum diameter is below the belly. The bottom of the vessel

15 Gudea 1972, 47, Tat. XV/3.

16 Popescu 1956, fig. 101/18-26.

17 Cätina? 1980, 104, fig. 16/2, 3.

18 Popilian 1980, 66, pl. XLII/2

19 Popescu 1956, fig. 105/13, 14.

20 Popilian 1980, 163, pl. XL/2.

21 Popescu 1956, fig. 97/4.21