Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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326 Z. Soós 25. Knife handle fragment, (Inv. no. 8718), C34/2010, pressed, 15th century. The fragment is the copper cover plate of a Styrian type knife handle. Its decoration is made through incision imitating the form of leafs and it is ending in two circular lines. The end of the handle has three knobs the lower one is ending in a point and it is little longer. Its length is 4.87 cm its width is 2.25 cm at the wider side, the thickness of the bronze plate is 0.037 cm. 26. Spoon handle fragment, (Inv. no. 8729), C34/2010,15th century, casted. Only the bronze outside cover was preserved of the spoon handle, it has a hexagonal shape narrowing from its backside towards the spoon where the hexagonal handle ends in a rounded part margined by two circular lines. It ends in a small bulb. It is 6.2 cm long its widest upper part is 1.2 cm near the spoon part it is 0.68 cm wide. 27. Weight, (Inv. no. 7909), C15, (2006), 02, -1.85 m, casting, 15th century. The weight was used at scale measuring. Its weight (after restoration) is 50 g, its height is 1.64 cm and its diameter is 3.6 cm. It has a round conic shape, inside and outside it has a simple decoration composed of three parallel lines on its rim it has again a decoration formed by three parallel lines. The weight was part of a set composed of twelve or more pieces. 28. Weight, (Inv. no. 8688), C8, ШЗ/b, -2.0 m, casting, 15th century. The weight was used at scale measuring. Its weight (after restoration) is 70 g, its height is 2.35 cm and its diameter is 4 cm. It has a round conic shape with narrower bottom and a wider top. There are traces of simple line decoration on the outside. The surface of the weight is deteriorated as it was found just below the walking surface of the cellar entrance and it was in permanent contact with moisture. The two weights were part of different sets. 29. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8689), C34a/2010, DC/4, -2.3 m, first half of the 15th century, casting. Onion shaped thimble decorated with holes placed in a spiral shape. The holes have a practical reason to support the needle and it protected the finger. At the bottom it has a small trench bellow the holes. The thimble is 1.8 cm wide and 1.4 cm high. 30. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8690), C34/2010, Dl-6/a-e, -1.6 m, first half of the 15th century, casting. Conic shaped thimble decorated with holes placed in a spiral shape. The holes have a practical reason to support the needle and it protected the finger. At the bottom it has a small trench bellow the holes. The thimble is 1.8 cm wide and 1.4 cm high. The thimble was found near a coin of Sigismund of Luxemburg from the first half of the 15th century. 31. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8691), C31/2009, DC/l, -0.4 m, 14th century, casting. Conic shaped thimble, with a pointed decoration. The thimble was made without a top; at the bottom it has a wider rim. The object is 1.35 cm high and 1.8 cm wide at the bottom. 32. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8694), B/C2 (2005), Dl/a-b, 17th century, pressed. Conic shaped thimble, with pointed decoration, it is 1.32 cm wide, and it is 1.41 cm high. At the bottom there is a single circular line closing the decoration. 33. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8692), C34/2010,1.7-1.9 m depth from the early 15th century filling of the L3 friary building. The thimble has thinner walls it was partially damaged in the soil, it was restored. It has numerous dot like wholes on its surface arranged in a spiral form. At the base of thimble there is an empty space left without any decoration. It is 1.6 cm high and 1.8 cm diameter. 34. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8693), C 25/2008, 1.2 m depth, from the filling of the L2 15th century wooden building. The thimble is slightly distorted, it has 1.8 cm width at the base and it has 1.53 cm height. On the surface there is a pointed decoration arranged in a spiral line. 35. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8695), C30/2009, -3.3-3.7 m, found on the cellars floor level. The thimble has a conic shape with numerous small dot-like points on its surface. At the bottom it has a simple circular line decoration. It is 1.8 cm wide and 1.6 cm high. 36. Thimble, (Inv. no. 8696), C38/2011, 0.2 m depth, □ 3/c, besides the filling of the L3 friary building, 15th century. This is the largest thimble found within the friary material, its width is 2.1 cm at the base and 2.2 cm at the top it is 1.82 cm high. The thimble has a conic like shape with slightly rounded top, a soft rim and a narrowing body. At the bottom it has two circular lines closing the pointed spiral line decoration on the outside. Near the circular line at the bottom of the thimble there is a gothic majuscule A letter, probably meaning the name of the manufacturer or eventually the owner.
