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Juhász Irén: Roman glazed dish from Szarvas
Mázas római edény Szaivasról RÖVIDÍTÉSEK ArchÉrt = Archaeologiai Értesítő, Budapest BudRég = Budapest Régiségei, Budapest ComArchHung = Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungáriáé, Budapest DissPann = Dissertationes Pannonicae, Budapest Roman glazed dish from Szarvas - Irén Juhász Résumé The place of occurence is to the east from the town, on the southeastern bank of the old Körös backwater, named earlier as „Cigányér" (Gipsy-brook). During the rescue excavation we made, we excavated 25 Ancient objects, 9 Neolithic Age graves, 1 piece Sarmatian well, 9 Sarmatian graves. Among these Sarmatian graves was the woman's grave No. 22 where the glazed dish was found. The intact, Roman glazed dish - standing on its pedestal - was in the end of the grave pit, in the direction of the right thigh bone. The body of the dish consists of two parts. The lower part is a Drag. 37. formed terra sigillata, the upper part laps over it to outside at its bottom curve. There are three, ribbed in the middle, strap handles - almost to the same distance from each other - on the shoulder of the dish; opposit to one of the strap handles a filter wearing pouring spout is fixed on the dish. Its decoration is very complex: there are small irregular dots, meniscus shaped yellow glaze dots, round ended wreath of leaves, 30 pieces dancing wing-bearing Amor figures. On the bottom of the dish there is a frieze consisting of 6 animal figures, running to the opposit direction to the Amors: the figures of a male lion, stag with antler, panther, goat, bear and bull could be identified in the frieze. According to the conclusions of the research/excavation, the manufacturers of the glazed dishes did not intend the dishes for everyday use, but they neither could be regarded as simple decorative dishes. The individual shape and the specific manufacturing technics of the Szarvas dish have attracted special attention. Dishes of this kind - one-one pieces - are known only from Buda and Kiskoszeg. Regarding the shape they are similar, but their decoration is different. According to the sample treasure the glazed dishes could be dated to the second half of the 2 nd century. Juhász Irén H-5540 Szarvas, Deák F. и. 16. 93
