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

tral Gaulish products, Domitianic-Antonine. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 469., 84. 4. 482., 84. 4. 486. From cleaning of stones: body-sherd of a bowl, with stamped motif, dark gray slip.

48 Inv. No. 84. 4. 519 (Picture 16.6). According to above finds, remnants from the last decades of the 1st century to the middle of the 2nd century can be found in Surface No. 5., in gray leveling. However no levels can be connected to these features. Surface No. 6: (Picture 10). Orientation: EastWest. Size: 7x4 cm. Western section: gray mixed earth following recent fill reached down to the digging and destroyed all archaeological features, with the exception of the Southern end of the surface, where gray, mixed soil containing sun-dried bricks appeared at a length of 90 cm and a thickness of 20-22 cm. Further down is raw, yellow sand. The curve of a pit appeared in the South-Western end of the surface. Its size was 90 x 80 cm and its section could be observed in the Southern part of the Western section of the surface. The smallness of the excavated proportion does not allow assumptions as to its function. We documented the presence of the pit-period without levels. Sun-dried bricks from a stone-basedwall pertaining to a stone structure appeared in the levelling of a later period. Finds worth mentioning: Southern part of the surface, mixed, gray soil, 0-40 cm: body-sherd, brown, brick-red core. BTM Inv. No. 84. 4. 538. Gray, mixed earth, layer 2: body-sherd of the slightly bulging, richly grooved rim of a bowl. Red painting on an orange surface. Inv. No. 84. 4. 539. Orange-coated sherds. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 543 and 545. From discolouring: body-base sherds of a bowl, gray slip. Inv. No. 84. 4. 550. From digging into the trench: sherd of the reverse rim and ribbed side of a bowl, gray. Inv. No. 84. 4. 533. Fragments of Samian ware from Italian and Central Gaulish workshops, Vespasianic-Antonine. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 535-536. Dateable finds support the idea that, along with earlier material, the secondary and tertiary back-fill of the pit yielded the ultimate material characteristic of the site from the middle of the 2nd century. The pit itself is from the Flavian era, as the finds suggest. Surface No. 7: East-West alignment. Size: 5 x 4 m. Western section shows recent and gray, mixed fill, finally raw, yellow, undisturbed, sandy soil, invariably, along the whole length of the section. No archaeological finds appeared. Finds worth mentioning: Eastern part, mixed gray soil, between 80-100 cm: sherds of a gray beaker, brick-coloured flagon and self-coloured mortar. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 551-3. The surface opened can be assessed only through finds from the 2nd century, which appeared from the mixed, gray fill. Surface No. 8: Size: 4 x 4 m. According to the Eastern section, recent fill reached down until the yellow, undisturbed soil, and therefore, ruined every feature. According to the Southern section, in the Western part of it, below the recent fill a portion of pit corner and the curved Western side of a pit appeared in the gray, Roman fill without any level. The lower part of the pit sank into the raw, yellow sand. Function and more precise date cannot be defined based on data available. No finds appeared. However, the presence of the pit-period could be documented here too. Surface No. 9: Size: 6 X 6 m. Excavation carried out towards both the East and West. Southern section: remnants of a road built into the gravelled soil from 40 X 20 cm flat stones appeared at the average depth of 101,01 m Adriatic level below the recent fill. Towards the centre of the section a thick, gravelled walking level could be observed along a length of 2 m. Below it the fill was gray, mixed soil reaching down to the undisturbed, black earth. The limes road was unearthed over almost the complete width of the surface (Picture 24.3). Its Western and Southern parts were ruined by time recent public works. We did, however, find the Eastern part of the road. Thus, the total explored width of the road is 6,20 m. Towards the East of the stone-cover we found a 18-20 cm wide wheel track also (Picture 24.4). Geodesic data suggest the road discovered is part of the limes road with a North-South direction. Based on the section, the road had two layers (Picture 26). Major finds: Over the road, gray, mixed soil, layer 1: dish with a reverse rim, painted red on a brick-coloured surface, outside the rim there is a yellowish-red band.

49 BTM Inv. No. 84. 4. 571. Iron keys. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 570. and 84. 4. 619. From cleaning the road: knob of a gray lid. Inv. No. 84. 4. 655. Sherd of a handle, gray, with a spherical cross-section. Inv. No. 84. 4. 654. Central Gaulish Samian fragments from the Antonine era. Inv. No. 84. 4. 667. Gray, mixed soil, between 70-100 cm: self-coloured body-sherd, with an orange-painted figure of a deer on the surface, below it painted rails decoration. Inv. No. 84. 4. 625 (Picture 27.1). Sherd of the flanged rim of a bowl, with yellowish-green slip and grooving. Inv. No. 84. 4. 615. Sherd of a bowl with a reverse rim, painted red inside, orange painting on the rim outside, with an engraving reading ....NTINIIS

51 Inv. No. 84. 4. 598 (Picture 28.2). Fragments of Samian ware, South and Central Gaulish products, Traianic-Antonine. Inv. Nos. 84. 4. 578, 84. 4. 580-1,582, 584, 609, 617, 683, 638/A. Gray, mixed fill, 100-120 cm: sherd of the rouletted base of a bowl, with stamped-in leaf designs, black plating. Inv. No: 84. 4. 639 (Picture 15.3). Sherds with black and orange plating. Inv. No. 84. 4. 640-1. Deep beaker, with two types of leaf design stamped into bands . Inv. No. 84. 4. 620. (Picture 15.1). From unfolding the Western section: body-sherd with gray slip. Inv. No. 84. 4. 707. Sherd of a deep bowl with a broad, flanged, richly grooved rim, gray, grainy. Inv. No. 84. 4. 704. Body and rim sherds, with painted tendril decoration. Inv. No. 84. 4. 708 (Picture 27.3). 93