Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 1. (2019)
Oana Toda: Tobacco Clay Pipes from Rupea Castle and their Historical Context
Tobacco Clay Pipes from Rupea Castle and their Historical Context 133 chamber, flat shank; the bowl still preserves a protuberance that was part of a missing element (a loop for tying a rope?) and on the opposite side it is connected to the upper part of the shank; b. good quality clay, fine fabric, fine sand, mainly reduction firing, with visible molding lines; c. dark grey fabric in the middle with brown surface and spotted brownish glaze; dark gray coloring inside the chamber due to use; d. molded decoration covering the entire surface, dominated by herringbone and striped ornaments; Ch: 2.7 cm; Bd : ~2.6 cm; Cd :1.8cm;DHd: max max 0.6 cm; Ml; >2,2 cm; 2011; eastern side of the middle castle, C7, leveling or clay floor of an early modern building. 13. a. Tobacco clay pipe with a cylindrical bowl that displays a claw-shaped semispherical keel, a flat-bottomed chamber, and a torusshaped ring; missing the upper part of the bowl; b. fine fabric shows fine sand, reduction firing, smoothed surface with an instrument and very few molding lines; c. dark gray fabric and black surface; d. mold-made flaring claws’ on the keel, separated from its upper part by a torus; Ch: 3.5 cm; Bd : 2.8 cm; Cd: 1.9 cm; DHd: 0.55 max cm; Rd :1.2cm;Rd : 1.7 cm; Ml: 2.5 cm; 7 mt ext 2010; exterior of the lower castle, northern precinct wall, fill of the castle moat. 14. a. Tobacco clay pipe with a cylindrical bowl that displays a claw-shaped keel, a flatbottomed chamber, and a torus-shaped ring; missing the upper half of the bowl and of the shank; b. good quality clay, fabric shows fine sand, reduction firing, polished surface with an instrument and almost no traces of molding lines; c. dark brown fabric and black surface; d. seven mold-made flaring claws’ on the keel, separated from its upper part by a torus, a small torus in front of the shank end, and V-shaped incisions of the bottom of the shank; Ch: >2.5 cm; Bd : 3.2 cm; Cd: 1.9 cm; DHd: 0.3 max cm; Rd : 0.7 cm; Rd : ~2 cm; Ml: 2.9 cm; J mt ext 2012; upper castle; south of house 3, on top of completely demolished buildings, late 18th to early 19th century demolition layer. 15. a. Tobacco clay pipe displaying a tall octagonal bowl and a cylindrical shank, both of which are missing parts; the chamber is flatbottomed; b. good quality clay, fabric shows very fine sand, oxidized firing and a smoothed surface; secondary burn inside the chamber due to usage is present; c. reddish-brown fabric and slightly darker, polished surface with dark brown and black coloring due to use; d. the keel has a mold-made shell shape; e. on the shank the largest part of a rectangular cartridge is preserved; the inscription reads [FRI]EDREICH/[THERESIENJFELD; Ch: 6.5 cm; Bd : 2.5 cm; Cd: 2 cm; DHd: 0.2 cm; max 2012; upper castle, western side, close to the precinct wall, topsoil. 16. a. Small fragment of a tobacco clay pipe with tall hexagonal bowl, probably a flatbottomed chamber and bulgy shank; b. good quality clay, fine fabric, oxidized firing; c. reddish fabric and dark-brown glaze; d. mold-made decoration on the side of the chamber; e. heraldic cartridge (depicting an organ topped by a crown and flanked by vegetal motifs); h , = 3.9 cm; t, = 0.4 cm. preserved ot wall 2010; at the exterior of the lower castle, in front of the northern wall, from the upper layers of the fill of the former castle moat. REFERENCES Andronic-Neamtu 1964 A. Andronic - E. Neamtu, Cercetäri arheologice pe teritoriul orasului Iasi intre anii 1956- 1960, ArhMold 2-3, 1964, 409-438. Andronic et al. 1967 A. Andronic- E. Neamtu -M. Dinu, Säpäturile arheologice de la Curtea Domneascá din Iasi, ArhMold 5, 1967, 169-285. Berecki et al. 2017 S. Berecki - E. Horti - К. Kacsó - D. Nyúlás, Colectia arheologicä a lui Endre Orosz (Cluj- Napoca 2017)
