Budapest Régiségei 30. (1993)

TÖRTÉNET, TOPOGRÁFIA = GESCHICHTE, TOPOGRAPHIE - Szirmai Krisztina: Archaeological observations in the northern section of the so-called vicus of Albertfalva, 1973-1977 = Régészeti megfigyelések az ún. albertfalvai vicus északi részén, 1973-1977 87-118

which follows a narrow, stony walking level. Under it is black, undisturbed earth. In the South-Eastern part of the Surface, a 4 m long, 50 cm wide wall with an East-West orientation was unearthed. Stones of the wall contained — maybe in its original place — a threshold stone also, at 100.89 m above the Adriatic level. Major finds: From the gray, mixed earth over the wall with an East-West orientation: Samian ware fragments. From North Italian, Central and South Gaulish workshops of the Claudian-Hadrianic period. BTM Inv. No. 81. 6. 157-174. The wall with the threshold stone serves as the entrance to a subsequent period on the surface, while the gravelled level that appeared in the section represents the former walking level. Surface No. Vü Orientation: East-West. Size: 8 x 2 m Northern section: the Roman, gray, mixed fill below the recent earth overlapped the black, undisturbed earth along the total length of the trench. No archaeological feature was found. No find appeared. Surface No. VII: (Picture 2). Orientation: EastWest. Size: 10 x 2 m. (Pictures 7-8). Northern section: the recent fill is followed by mixed Roman fill at the Western end of the trench, to the length of 3 m in the excavation. This feature is enclosed by a 75 cm wide wall in several rows serving as a foundation, with a North-South orientation. To the East from the wall, a stony walking level was observed in the gray earth, along its total length at 100.61 m above the Adriatic level. This is followed by a mixed fill, ending in a gravelled-stony walking level at 100,36 m above the Adriatic level, which we managed to follow to a length of 4.25 m towards the East from the wall. This level cannot be seen in the further parts of the trench because of the gray Roman fill on top of it. Below this earlier, gravelled walking level a thin, gray fill followed along the black, undisturbed earth. North-South oriented and East-West oriented foundation walls were unearthed in the Surface. They consist of several stone-layers. They are built from medium-size stones, and also contain tegulae. The cementing medium is earth. The East-West oriented foundation wall consists of heavily carved limestones, with 20-22 cm thick quader in-between. Irregular patches of the remnants of the stony walking levels remained in the premises surrounded by the walls. Major finds: Over the stone cover: South Gaulish Samian ware, Traianic-Hadrianic. BTM Inv. No. 81. 6. 190. Sinking in between the walls from cleaning the walls: flanged rim of a grinding bowl, self-coloured, thick- walled. Inv. No. 81. 6. 121, 207. From the stone cover: South-Gaulish Samian ware, Hadrianic. Inv. No. 81. 6. 175. From the gray mixture over the wall: inverted rim sherd of a bowl, dark gray, grainy. Inv. No. 81. 6. 150. Body-sherd, painted red on a self-coloured base. Inv. No.: 81. 6. 154. From the excavation of the surface surrounded by walls: handles of small glass vessels, pale-greenish. Inv. No. 81. 6. 177-8. Black earth, already in ground water: sherd of a bowl, with stamped-in design covered up by orange colour. Inv. No. 81. 6. 134, 138. A clover-shaped rim-sherd of a flagon, gray. Inv. No. 81. 6. 143. Body- and rim sherd of an indented beaker, painted dark brown on a selfcoloured core. Inv. No. 81. 6. 139. Body- and rim sherd of a vessel, with brown, marble imitation on the self-coloured surface. Inv. No. 81. 6. 168. Based on the above, through the wall remnants unearthed in surface No. 7 the interior of two premises 3 X 2 m and 6 x 2 m respectively were explored. Flooring of both premises is gravelled, with a stony layer 100,61 m above the Adriatic. Layer of an earlier, gravelled level above the Adriatic 100,36 m also remained. The ground settlement of the post-Flavian era could only be observed because of the ground wall. Surface No. VIII: East-West orientation. Size: 8x2 m. Northern section: the gray, mixed fill reaching down to the black, undisturbed earth ruined every feature. Irregular patches of stony surfaces were observed in the Southern part of the surface. No finds. According to geodetic data parts of the stony surfaces unearthed in the trench may have belonged to an earlier period of the building, and functioned as either walls, or interior levels. Subsequent ground movement caused them to "pull apart". Surface No. IX: East-West orientation. Size: 10 x 2 m. Northern section: the gray, mixed earth following the recent fill follows almost along its full length the black, undisturbed earth soaking in ground water — with the exception of a small, stony layer (at the Adriatic level of 100,40 m) in the Western edge of the section. Finds worth mentioning: from the layer over the black, undisturbed earth: base sherd of a bowl. Stamped motif in a concentric circle, gray. BTM Inv. No. 81. 6.192. Samian ware, North Italian, DomitianicTraianic. Inv. No. 81. 6. 195. Samian ware, CentralGaulish, Hadrianic-Antonine. Inv. No. 81. 6. 196. From ground-water layer: body and base sherd of a bowl. Self-coloured, with a stamped motif. Inv. No. 81. 6. 188. Sherd with red and orange slip. Inv. No. 81. 6. 203-4. On the basis of the above some stone work from an earlier stone period was discovered, which represented the "stretched" N-S aligned wall on the one hand and the stony level that pertained to the Western room, on the other hand. Surface No. X: East-West orientation. Size: 2.50x1.20 m. The section suggested that the gray, mixed earth reached down to the black, undisturbed earth. No archaeological feature was observed. No find discovered. Pillar foundations: we documented gravelled walking levels pertaining to the road and the interior level (pillar 1, 2, 6) at the Adriatic level of 100,6 m (pillar 5) and parts of earlier trenches were observed (pillar 2,4), but these latter were without levels. The total ground plan of the trenches could not be observed 89