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

ROMAN VILLA AND MAUSOLEUM AT KŐVÁGÓSZŐLŐS 93 15 = 188,29 (foundation of wall W6) 16 = 188,52 (top of foundation-brick beside wall W6, NE corner) 17 = 188,51 (foundation of wall W6, Fp4) 18 = 188,22 (break in wall W14, top of the brick order of arches of the hypocaust gallery) 19 = 188,13 (break in wall W5, top of the brick order of arches of the hypocaust gallery) The small-sized ditch J/l has revealed the contemporaneousness of walls Wl and W5. Their foundation was — 130 cm measured from the present-day top of the walls. The soil in this area was considerably gritty under a layer of undisturbed yellow sand. At a depth of — 50 cm measured from the top of wall W5 an exceeding quantity of limy and burnt brick-bats, imbrices, wall heating bricks, floor-tiles and fresco fragments were found. On level a poor-quality, white flooring was unearthed. Part of the E section of this flooring at the W side of wall Wl was missing, here a burnt black spot was found. In the corner enclosed by walls Wl and W14 28X28X7 cm bricks were discovered „in situ" heaped up as hypocaust pillars (Figs. 47,52—53). The poor-quality, white flooring was made after the decline of the early period, following the evening up of the ruins. A piping for wall heating (Fp2) was originally built into the E wall of the room (Figs. 49—50). The circulation of warm air was ensured by the break in wall W14

12 and also by the heating pipe (Fp4) in wall W6. The brick columns unearthed under the flooring had been built at regular intervals of 18—20 cm. In like manner as in room I, the uniform temperature in this room was also supplied by the wall heating bricks. The early-period TS finds and the bronze fibula (Fig. 55) coming from room J deserve special attention. The 4th century devastation layer was dated by the No 109. coin. The remnants of the large hunterwatchdog (?) found in the uppermost layer are outstanding among the numerous animal bones recovered in the area (cf. ). Room J, COIN: No 109. ARTICLES: Room J, Blocks II- V, 0-50 cm: FRAGMENT OF BRICK. Decorated with deeply fluted zones of wavy lines. 10,6X8,5 cm. Th: 2,7 cm. R.83.

102.1. (Cat. XV. № 8). Fig. 47. Plan of room J Fig. 48. Room J FRAGMENT OF TUBE (WALL HEATING BRICK). Only one side intact, with a square hole in it. L: 25,3, W: 10,8, Th: 2,8 cm. Hole: 4,9X4,1 cm. R.83.

102.2. (Cat. XIV. № 3). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Light brown, glittered body fragment. Brownish-green glaze on the exterior. 9,3X4,5 cm. Th: 0,3 cm. R.83.

102.3. (Cat. II. PA - № 473). FRAGMENT OF TUBE. Decorated with incised diagonal lines on the exterior. L: 11,3, W: 16,5, Th: 2 cm. R.83.

102.4. (Cat. XIV. № 4). FRAGMENT OF TS BOWL. Annulate base fragment. Broken. DM: 8,4 cm. R.83.

102.5. (Cat. I. № 12). BOSS OF LID. Grey, coarse. DM: 3,9 cm. R.83.

102.6. FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Flesh-coloured body fragment of refined texture. Traces of eroded orangecoloured painted stripes on the exterior. 9,5X5,3 cm. Th: 1 cm. R.83.

102.7. (Cat. II. PA-№ 195). FRAGMENT OF VESSEL. Grey, coarse body fragment. L: 4, W: 6,4, Th: 0,3 cm. R.83.

102.8. (Cat. II. PB-№ 271). Fig. 49. Room J (Fp2) • 12 The large military bath unearthed near the underground passage at Aquincum-Flórián square furnishes a good instance of this technique: M. KABA, Thermae Maiores (leader 1984 Budapest) 36— 37, illustrations. — For the same technique employed in smaller buildings cf. the ruins excavated in Church Street, York (England) : ADDYMAN P. V., Excavation in York 1972-1973. Ant. Journ. 1975. Vol. LIV. Part II. PI. XXXIX. b.