Budapest Régiségei 39. (2005)

Gyulai Ferenc - Kállay Miklós: Római kori bormaradvány egy Aquincum területén talált 2. századi hamvasztásos sír korsójában = Remain of Roman-time wine in a jug found in cremation burial from the 2nd century 125-128

RÓMAI KORI BORMARADVÁNY EGY AQUINCUM TERÜLETÉN TALÁLT 2. SZÁZADI HAMVASZTÁSOS SÍR KORSÓJÁBAN REMAIN OF ROMAN-TIME WINE IN A JUG FOUND IN A CREMATION BURIAL FROM THE 2

nd CENTURY Chemical analysis has detected a composition characteristic wine residue in three samples from jugs dating to the 2

nd century bulking in tartaric acid, characteristic solely for wine or grapes. The measured quantities did not show significant dissimilarities. The polyphenols and proteins, the metallic ions (potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium) also affirm it. The calcium rate being higher than the average may itself, originate from the material of the vessel. Summing up the above mentioned results, with a special regard to the fact that the tartaric acid and its salts are exclusively characteristic of grapes, whereas other fruits practically do not contain any of them, it can be claimed that the jugs contain remains of wine. The significance of the find is beyond compare, as there have been only three remains of drinks altogether from the Carpathian basin: wine remain detected by our team in a Hallstatt C period regal grave in the forest of Fehérvárcsurgó-Eresztvény, a remain of drink identified as the mixture of oil and water found in a sealed flask at the site called Intercisa, (a kind oral information of Füzes) and a supposed wine find from Szekszárd (SÁGI-FÜZES 1966). 127