Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 32/2. (2012)
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88 N. Man-D. M. Cioatä used ceramic fragments, we found several fragments of turibulla (PI. 7/5, 6), with rounded or notched belts, located on the rim or just below the rim (Mihäilescu-Barliba 2006, 97-99; Man 2011, 162-164). From our point of view, the appearance of two ceramic patterns seems quite interesting. First, there is a fragment of a terra sigillata vessel pattern (PI. 8/4) from which the rim and the upper part of the wall are kept, decorated with specific ovolo; below we can distinguish two fragments of planta pedis, horizontally disposed. The pattern is made of a yellow paste, of good quality. We suppose it is a pattern due to thicker walls than the ones of the stamped vessels and the deeper motifs, realized by stamping (Man 2006, 113-117). The second one is a pattern for moulding a lamp cap (PI. 8/3), which is preserved less than half, decorated with spheres in relief. It is hand shaped on the outside and has very thick walls. The paste is dark gray. The closest analogy is the pattern found in a villa rustica from Gärla Mare (Benea 2008, 336, pi. II/1). A single wall fragment is decorated with the en barbotine technique, made from red fabric and decorated with grapes (PI. 8/5). In trench 1, grids 17-19, and trench 2, from complexes 3 and 4 (house) a few fragments of Dacian pottery appeared, belonging to some very familiar types: pots and cups (PI. 8/6-9). The core of the fabric is grey, but it has orange colour on the sides. It is handmade and fine with visible inclusions, just very small pieces of white matter, perhaps sand. The presence of this pottery type in the vicus militaris from Cälugäreni is not uncommon. For the camp and vici, the presence of this type of pottery is motivated by the enrolment of Dacians into provincial military units and by its production by the indigenous population who preserved their traditional vessels (Marcu- Jentea 2000, 67-86). Construction materials made of ceramics were recovered from the dismantling level, in all sections: bricks, tiles and hallow tiles. A lot among them were discovered inside the well (S2). The iron objects covered a large diversity: nails, spikes and various joints used in construction (PI. 9/1-4), a key (PI. 9/5), an arrowhead with three edges (PI. 9/6), ornamental rived, knife blades of different types and sizes, and a huge amount of pieces of iron slag, sign of metallurgical activities in the area of settlement. In this campaign, one bronze brooch was discovered in S3, cx. 05 (PI. 9/7). It belongs to the knee brooches type (Cocis 2004, type 19a, pl. LVI/812-814). It has semicircular head, ornamented with a row of incisions shaped as ‘wolf teeth’. The mechanism is made of 8-10 free windings enclosed within a cylindrical case, fixed directly on the brooch’s head. The foot is short and ends with a knob. The brooch can be dated in the third quarter of the 2nd century AD. The glass fragments found belong to small, transparent glass receptacles (PI. 9/8-10). *** The three verification surveys have shown that the military vicus of the fort of Cälugäreni and the bathhouse do not extend between the northern side of the camp to the Niraj River. Within the trenches, situated about 300 m from the camp, the complexes discovered confirm that the researches were performed clearly inside the vicus, while Roman culture layer is also very consistent. In trenches Si and S3, which are parallel, a river stone platform was discovered, consistent, some large stones being predominantly located at the top and surrounded by smaller ones. It has a width between 4 and 5 m in both trenches. Initially, we considered this platform
