Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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224 R. ZÄGREANU-ZS. NyArÁDI 1. Attila Str. Between 1999 and 2003 on the street located on the eastern part of the Székely támadt fortress, from different sewage works, constructions and levelling of land, mixed artefacts dating from several periods came to the surface. The roman materials from this point consist of fragments of pots, plates, jugs and bowls. (Pi. 1/1-10). 2. Bethlen Gábor Str. no. 1 In the years 2001-2003, with the occasion of the Court building renovation, drainage and sewerage works were made, levelling the court. Following these works, different levels of previous settlements have been disturbed. Some holes have reached 1.5 m in depth. Numerous archaeological materials were recovered from the mixed soil. From the Roman period fragments of pots, bowls, lids, cups or mugs, plates, handles from undeterminable pots were unearthed (PI. 1/11 — 20; 2/1-2). 3. Bethlen Gábor Str. no. 49-51 At the intersection of Tamási Á. and Bethlen G. streets, in 2004 and 2005 sewerage and building activities for a parking lot took place. On the occasion, without any proper archaeological observation, materials from the Roman period, including a fragment of a pot and a plate (PI. 2/3-4) as well as an undeterminable worn roman coin (PL 11/19) came to surface. 4. Bethlen Gábor Str no. 72 During the renovation of the local hospital between 2003 and 2006 several archaeological materials were incidentally discovered. The 40-50 cm wide trenches were dug to a depth of 1 m. The archaeological material discovered came in a private collection. From the Roman period fragments of pots, bowls, cups or mugs, plates were recovered (Pi. 2/5-22). This place also lacks proper archaeological survey. 5. Budvár (Cetatea Bud) The strategically well placed conglomerate block that stands on the south-east part of the city, on the right bank of the Tárnává Mare river, from where one can watch most of the Odorhei Depression, was populated for several periods. The plateau was reinforced with a ditch and an earth-wall in the Iron Age (Ferenczi-Ferenczi 1972, 59-63); then a medieval fortress was built on the same place (Ferenczi 1997, 208-232). The first archaeological artefacts were found in 1893, when the army carried out here an exercises artillery field. These materials - which have disappeared until today - have been collected and described by E. Jakab (1894, 13-14). On the northern side, during land levelling of the site a skeleton was found. Since it was poorly recovered, only information about a skull and some blue glass beads were mentioned, chronologically assigned to the Roman period. 9 At the end of the study, there is a catalogue with all the roman pottery finds arranged by their places of discovery. Our main inspiration for the information on the processing method of ceramic material and how to interpret the information were the PhD theses of C. Cup§a (2010). On this occasion we would like to thank for the given help and advices. Roman discoveries from Odorheiu Secuiesc mapped bystreets9
