Folia archeologica 37.

Ritoók Ágnes: Két ritka középkori edénytöredék a Budai Várból

TWO SINGULAR MEDIAEVAL SHERDS FROM BUDA In 1984, a 13 — 14

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h century cellar was excavated in Buda, in southern part of the Castle Hill. It went out of use at the beginning of the 15

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h century, when it was filled in with rubbish. This filling contained many good finds from the second half of the 14

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h century, e. g. an unglazed tile (fig. 1). Among these finds were two interesting pieces. One is the handle of a pitcher, with ornamental foliage on it (figs. 3, 4). To this point only one parallel with it is known from a nothern suburb of mediaeval Buda (figs. 5, 6). Both came from a Hungarian pottery workshop, which perhaps operated somewhere in the Buda area. The other rare item is a three-footed pot (German 'Grapen') (figs. 7, 8). There are many parallels with it in Germany and Austria as well. Until now, however, this type of imported pottery was not known among Hungarian finds dated to the l4

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h century. On the basis of the published finds, such three-footed pots were not as popular here as in western Europe.