Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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TWO LA TENE BRONZE DISCS FROM TÁRGU MURE§, TRANSYLVANIA SÁNDOR BERECKI Mure? County Museum, Tärgu Mure? Keywords: Celts, disc, triskele, helmets, harness-mounts, scabbards In the yard of the Elementary School nr. 2 from Tärgu Mure?, in a drainage trench, two discs were incidentally discovered. The exact date and circumstances of the discovery are not known, the pieces were inventoried in the 21st of January 1981 in the collection of the Mure? County Museum, and they were published for the first time in 1994.1 Regarding their functionality, the discs were interpreted as clothing appliqués or harness ornaments. Later, in the archaeological repertory of the Mure? County,* 2 the village Mice?ti3 is mentioned as their place of discovery, a village that was merged with Tärgu Mure? in 1564 (!). The author refers to the paper of V. Zirra from 1971, where neither the piece nor the information can be found. Therefore, these dates of the repertory can be considered erroneous by any means. The pieces went through conservation-restoration processes in the ninth decade of the last century, when they acquired a blackish colour. Besides the qualitative and aesthetic upgrading, the recent reconditioning of the artefacts brought to light some possible aspects relevant for their functionality (Fig. 1). Description of the discs 1. Domed, hemispherical disc, made by lost-wax casting - a cire perdue - method, of bronze, decorated with continuous whirling or triskele in relief, with a globular knob at each of the three terminations of the spirals, creating a tricorne4 in the middle of the plate. This main ornament was completed at its extremities by other three, smaller globular knobs; each of them was placed at the end of a semi-spiral, composing the so called comma-leaves or stud-throwns,5 in relief. The whole margin of the ornament was bordered by a curved line in relief. Six cavities of the knobs can be observed on the inside. The attaching of the piece could be determined ' Peticä 1994, 34, pl. 3/7, 8. 2 Lazár 1995, 256, LXXXVI.l.A.r. 3 Hungarian: Kisfalud. 4 Jope 2000, 384. 5 Jope 2000, 380, 384. MARISIA XXX, p. 69-75
