Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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70 S. Berecki before the recent conservation, after the restoration of the artefacts: it was realised with a pin and a perforated rivet on the centre of the inner side of the piece, broken in antiquity. On this rivet a rusted, poorly preserved iron plate could be observed. The iron core could be detected in the engraving of the bronze rivet, too. Diameter: 43.88 mm, thickness: 1.83 mm, weight: 30 gr. 2. Domed, hemispherical disc, smaller than the previous one, cast of bronze using the same lost-wax method, with slightly different ornament: whirling or triskele formed by three meanders in relief, one of their end with globular, ‘impressed’ cordon and the other with three other, smaller knobs in relief, as well. The attaching of the piece was realized with a rivet placed on the inside of the disc, chipped in antiquity. The piece had smoothened surface on the inside. Diameter: 26.82 mm, thickness: 2.00 mm, weight: 13 gr. Both artefacts are in the collection of the Mure§ County Museum, inventory nr. 7008 and 7009. Functionality In many cases such artefacts were catalogued as phalera or appliqués, clothing or harness ornaments, while their exact role could not be determined. However, their form and fastening system indicate some possibilities. Hereinafter we will enumerate some interpretations of the domed, hemispherical discs which present technical and attaching similarity with the artefacts from Tärgu Murey The artefacts considered clothing ornaments usually have a mobile pin, like the piece from Krakow, Poland.6 Three such bronze pieces were discovered at Curtuiu§eni.7 Similar, but 6 Poleska2006, fig. 21/23. 7 Nánási 1973, 34, 36, VII/3-5.
