Marta, Liviu: The Late Bronze Age Settlements of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)
VI. Annexes
S27 Complex 3 (Fig. 8, 9) — A pit with oval outline (175 x 230 cm) occurred in the sterile soil in 56 cm depth. The walls were steep and 30 cm high. The base was flat. The fill was grey-blackish. The pit contained a great quantity of ceramic shards and a vessel deposition (one pot — PI. 31/14, together with other ceramic shards) at the base. 95 ceramic shards that restored an amphora almost completely (PL 32) were laid at the upper part of the pit. The shards were found together but it was difficult to determine if the amphora had been broken in the pit or elsewhere. Several ceramic shards of a Suciu de Sus cup were also laid in the pit (PI. 31/9). The presence of the three vessels (one of them was complete and the other two were broken) questioned the archaeological Complex, namely was it a deposition made on purpose, as part of a ritual? Inventory: 334 ceramic shards that originated from at least 18 vessels, and small bones. 104 ceramic shards had excised-incised decorations and restored an amphora almost entirely (PL 32) and a cup only partially (7 fragments, PL 31/9), and 2 small fragments originated from 2 small amphorae. Date/culture: Suciu de Sus. Pottery shape PasteDecoration type Pottery type No. of elements Plate amphora c 2B 1 31/10 dish c lAb 1 31/11 dish s 2B 1 31/12 c AK 1 31/13 dish c 2B 1 31/14 cup f MF,MH,LA,HB lAa 1 31/9 amphora s]D,LM,MA,LB,MF,MO,MG 1 1 32 f IA 1 f MF,LM 1 amphora f 1 dish c 2ab 1 pot f 1 pot f 2B 2 pot s 1 pot s 1 Ab 1 S27 Complex 4 (Fig. 8, 9) — A pit had amorphous shape and outline (314 x 420 m) and occurred in the sterile soil in 58 cm depth. The walls were irregular varying from different inclinations to arched. They were 33-41 cm high. There were three round pits in the irregular base of the pit that reached 64 cm in depth from the level they occurred. The fill was grey and contained scattered fragments of daub. Inventory: 131 ceramic shards, 8 fragments of clay of a hearth, 2 daub fragments. The ceramic shards originated from at least 16 vessels. 8 ceramic shards that originated from 5 vessels had excisedincised decorations. There were also two cups (one of them had the outside painted in burnished black—PL 33/3), an amphora (PL 33/1) and other two vessels with not-identified shapes. Date/culture: Suciu de Sus. Pottery shape Paste Decoration type Pottery type No. of elements Plate amphora s MB 3 1 33/1 _£HE__________f DA IBa 1 33/2 cup f FI,HB,M] lAa 1 33/3 pot c 1 33/4 dish s AA 4A 1 33/5 dish s 2Aa 1 33/6 f MA 1 c AA 1 cup f IBa 1 dish c 2Aa 1 miniature v.s 1 p. cooking v.c _________________________ 1 130
