Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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Bronze Objects from the Excavation of the Tárgu Mures Franciscan Friary 329 66. Pendant, (Inv. no. 8717), sporadic find in the Tárgu Mures castle. The pendant was probably a cloth accessories and it seems to be from the 15th—16th centuries. It has a hook on the top followed by a triangle shaped top and a trapezoidal body. On the edges it has a simple line decoration at the top triangle part it has a striated decoration. On the back side another smaller trapezoidal plate is nailed with three nails. Its length is 3.1 cm; its width is 1.8 cm at the bottom. 67. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8712), C34/2010,15th century, bronze casting. The wide ring has two edges at both sides and on one side there is a simple line decoration. The ring was very probably a cloth accessory. Its diameter is 3,7cm, the width of the ring is 0.7 cm and its thickness is 0.36 cm. 68. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8713), C35/a/2011, -1.05 m, besides the grave M110. 15th century, bronze casting. The wide ring has two edges on both sides. The ring was very probably a cloth accessory. Its diameter is 3.9 cm, the width of the ring is 0.67 cm and its thickness is 0.33 cm. 69. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8714), C35/a/2011, -1.1 m, 15th century, bronze casting. It was also found in the vicinity of the graves. The body of the ring is circular without any specific decoration. The ring was very probably cloth accessory. Its diameter is 2.8 cm and the width of the ring is 0.4 cm. 70. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8715), C36/2011, -1.4 m, 15th century, bronze casting. It was bellow the 16th century clay bed of the brick floor. The body of the ring has a flattened part it has no decoration. The ring was very probably a cloth accessory. Its diameter is 3.37 cm, the width of the ring is 0.4 cm. 71. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8716), C34/2010, Da/2, -2.55 m, 15th century, bronze casting. It was found in a 15th century filling layer. The body of the ring is circular without any specific decoration. The ring was very probably cloth accessory. Its diameter is 2 cm and the thickness of the ring is 0.3 cm. 72. Cloth ring, (Inv. no. 8726), C36/2011, -m, 15th century, casting. The bronze cloth ring we identified in a fifteen century grave and it also had an unidentified coin besides. The simple rings section has an ellipsoid form its diameter is 4 cm, its thickness is 0.5 cm in the front and 0.35 cm on the side. 73. Cloth clamp, (Inv. no. 8721), C35/a/2011, -1.6 m, found in the grave M129 on the right femur. It is from the 15th century, made of bronze wire. The cloth clamp has two parts a hook and an eye. On several medieval representations one can see similar clothing accessory, this is the first grave where we have found a medieval cloth clamp in good condition. 74. Cloth clamp, (Inv. no. 8722), C35/a/2011, -1.2 m, found in a grave, on the right femur. It is from the 15th century it was made of bronze wire. It was a cloth accessory, only the hook side of the clamp was preserved. Others 75. Twisted bronze wire, (Inv. no. 8733), C34/2010, -2.6 m, 15th century. The bronze wire is bended in a semicircle and it is twisted therefore it has a spiral decoration on the surface; it ends in an eye for a hook. We do not know its usage. It is 0.17 cm thick and 3.6 cm is the diameter of the semicircle. 76. Bronze lily ornament, (Inv. no. 8742), C23/2008, □e-f/3-4, -2.8 m, 15th century. Lily shaped bronze ornament fragment, only the upper part of the lily was preserved with three petals. It has a simple incised decoration on its surface and it was punched in the middle. It is 2.48 cm high 2.13 cm wide, its thickness is 0.2 cm. 77. Bronze wire, (Inv. no. 8743), C34/2010, IUa/4, -1.9 m, 15th century. Bronze wire probably used as raw material for bronze processing, decoration etc. It thickness is 0.2 cm its length is 13 cm. 78. Bronze wire, (Inv. no. 8744), C34/2010, -1.6 m, 15th century. Bronze wire probably used as raw material for bronze processing, decoration etc. It thickness is 0.34 cm its length is 5.4 cm. 79. Stripe with whole, (Inv. no. 8725), C23/2008, Dc-d/4-5, 15th—16th centuries, bronze plate from the walking layer of the 15th century cellar. The stripe has a widened part with a square shaped hole in it and the trace of a line incision near the hole. The piece was very probably part of the lock of a little box. Its length is 8.7 cm its width at the whole is 0.75 cm, its average width is 0.5 cm and its thickness is 0.15 cm. 80. Bronze plate with furrow, (Inv. no. 8727), C31/2009, -1.9 m, 15th century, pressed. The bronze plate has a 0,4cm furrow in the middle and on one side it is slightly bended at the edge. It is 3.8 cm long and 2.1 cm wide.
