Janus Pannonius Múzeum Évkönyve 30-31 (1985-1986) (Pécs, 1987)

Régészet - Burger, Sz. Alice: The Roman Villa and Mausoleum at Kővágószőlős, near Pécs (Sopianae), Excavations 1977–1982

74 ALICE SZ. BURGER black paint on the exterior. L: 6, H: 4,8 cm. R.83.64.8. (Cat. II. PB-№ 49). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Grey, coarse body fragment of a pot. Rim sharply everted. L: 7, H: 3,7 cm. R.83.64.9. (Cat. II. PB-№ 264). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Light brownish-grey body fragment of coarse-grained texture. From steep-walled vessel. L: 3,3 cm. R.83.64.10. (Cat. II. PB-№ 413). FRAGMENT OF HANDLE. Reddish-brown, of grained texture. Burnt dark grey. Cylindrical, slightly flattened in the middle. L: 8,3, W: 2,6, Th: 2,1 cm. R.83.64.11. (Cat. II. PA-№ 461). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Light grey base fragment of refined texture, with glossy grey paint. Broken. DM: 5,7, Th: 0,9 cm. R.83.64.12. (Cat. II. PB-№ 69). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Brick coloured rim fragment. Greenish-brown glaze on the interior. L: 5,Th: 0,8 cm. R.83.64.13. (Cat. II. PA-№ 328). Room F (Blocks I, 111, IV) Figs. 2,3,10-30. Dimensions: N-S = 800 cm E-W - 600 cm Radius of the apse : 300 cm Walls: W-S-E = Wl/60 cm N = W3l/60cm POINTS OF REFERENCE: 29 = 187,90 (in the apse, top of bricks) 30 = 187,87 (demolished upper part of wall Wl, E side) 140 = 188,45 (in the apse, top of hypocaust pillar from 1 + 5 bricks) 143 = 187,20 (foundation of wall Wl, outer ground level) The massive stonework Wl was at the same time the E outer wall of the villa. It was erected simultaneously with walls W2—W4 (for details cf. the passages on the portico spreading westwards). Wall Wl in room F was completely demolished (Figs. 21 — 24). Analogies of the ornamental floor-tiles the fragments of which were discovered built into the top of the wall gently curving towards room D are known to have been found in various rooms (Catal. XV.). The E section of the curved s « .. N i ' J ' J ' J ' J J / À ' À / J ' \ ' J ' J ' J ' J '' J J •' J ' J ' J ' i ' i •' j ' J ' -I ' J / , i / 4 ' i ' 4 ''J / j 'J 'J ' J ' i ' i ' i ' i ' J / J ' J ' 4 ' J ' ' ' D Fig. 11. Section p - D': room F wall was found demolished (at the W end of rooms C-D, 370 cm) as far as level 187,87 (Figs. 3, 10, 2022). The 420 cm long wall W31, stretching from the E corner towards the W, marked the N end of room F. The deposit of the ruins there had prevented the fixing of a presumed entrance (alongside wall Wl). The lowest level of room F was completely covered with an accurately elaborated underground central heating system. The hypocaust pillars were constructed of bricks: the 18X18X7 cm bricks were put on the 41X 30X7 cm base bricks, and the 25X24X7 cm bricks on the 44X25X7 cm ones. The „suspended floor" rested upon these pillars — a 10 cm thick block of this terrazzo flooring was found „in situ" in a tilted position (Fig. 15). The uncovering of the hypocaust system was preceded by the removal of an excessive quantity of burnt calcic debris, brick and wooden remnants. The section in Fig. 11. shows the foundation of wall Wl, unearthed at its S curve (cf. also Fig. 12, (= 187,20). COINS in room F: No 31. Block III, W half, 0-40 cm, No 32. Block III, S of wall Wl, 200 cm, stray find No 64. cf. Block I ARTICLES: Block I, N half, Wpart, 20-40 cm: FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Light grey, coarse rim fragment. L: 4,3 cm. R.83.55.1. (Cat. II. PB-№ 317). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Dark grey, coarse, glittered rim and body fragment. Rim roundly everted. L: 5,1 cm. R.83.55.2 (Cat. II. PB-№ 228). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Grey, coarse, glittered rim and body fragment. Edge of the everted rim slanting. L: 5,6 cm. R.83.55.3. (Cat. II. PB-№ 139). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Grey, glittered body fragment decorated with incised pattern. L: 7,7 cm. R.83.55.4. (Cat. II. PB-№ 157). Block I/a, subsequent demolition towards NW, 30—70 cm: FRAGMENT OF HANDLE. Flat, partitioned. Light grey, of coarse-grained texture. L: 3,3, W: 2,2, Th: 0,9 cm. R.83.61.1. (Cat. II. PB-№ 340). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Grey, glittered body fragment. Lower section of sharply slanting body considerably curved. Black interior, eroded black exterior. L: 3,9, Th: 0,6 cm. R.83.61.2. (Cat. II. PB-№ 146). IRON AWL (?). With shaft-hole. L: 22,5, DM of hole: 2,7, Th: 3,8-0,4 cm. R.83.61.3. (found between hypocaust pillars!) (Cat. VI. № 5). Block III, inside room F, 0—50 cm: FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Light grey, coarse, glittered rim and body fragment. Edge of plain horizontal rim roundly everted. L: 3,7, H: 6,2, Th: 0,6 cm, R.83.71.1 (Cat. II. PB-№ 208).