Tárnoki Judit szerk.: Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 19. (2009)

Régészettudomány - Magdolna Vicze - Nagyrév symbolism revisited: Three decorated vessels from Százhalombatta and Dunaújváros

Tisicum XIX. ligious beliefs of Nagyrév society through the iconography of motifs and one special representation found on the vessel from Budapest-Pannonhalmi str.

8 The contemporary and more recent publications by Marietta Csányi have changed the range of find materials that carry these specific symbols.

9 A burial urn from Rákóczifalva

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0 and the exceptional find of a Nagyrév house wall from Tiszaug

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1 both displaying a ribbed relief-like execution of the motifs, directed attention to the fact that these symbols have not been applied in a singular way or on a particular find type only. The appearance of one of the elementary signs, i.e. a large 'X' with fourfive vertical dividing lines, entirely covering the surface of a worked wild boar's tusk, also from Tiszaug

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2 is emphasising the width and variety of possibilities of occurrences and application of these signs. This indicates that same range of visual imagery extends to other media, which in most probability included dress, body ornamentations and other 8 SCHREIBER Rózsa 1984. Figs. 2-4. 9 CSÁNYI Marietta 1982-83; 1991-92; 1992; CSÁNYI Marietta STANCZIK Ilona 1982; 1992. 10 CSÁNYI Marietta 1982-83. 11 CSÁNYI Marietta-STANCZIK Ilona 1982; 1992. 12 best picture see in: CSÁNYI Marietta - STANCZIK Ilona 1991-92. 36. archaeologically non-visible materials. Wider the range of media wider the context the communication could reach. It is important to keep in mind implications of styles, dresses, body and other meaningful ornaments within social interactions. To see more clearly specific meanings or inferences of the Nagyrév geometric decorations they must be discussed in some detail. The three vessels published in this article provide good opportunity for this. Vessel number one (Fig. 1) is in the collection of the „Matrica" Museum, Százhalombatta, as a stray find without specific find place. Due to the nature of the collection this vessel could be originating from any Nagyrév sites along the Danube both North and South of Százhalombatta. Nevertheless this does not affect the undoubted Nagyrév origin of the piece. It is a small so-called suspend-able cup, with flaring rim, but only one small hole for suspension on the rim, above the one small handle on its shoulder. Its neck is slender and intensely curved. The body, although broken has a globular belly that possibly could have been extended in a small pedestal, very likely to the small cup found at Százhalombatta.'

3 In case the small jug had a pedestal, more good examples can be seen in Schreiber's article.

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4 The incised line decoration forms a band on the shoulder. A double horizontal line runs round the neck and at regular intervals small vertical 'L'-like patterns are extended from it. Probable height: 12 cm, rim diameter: 9 cm, belly diameter: 10,5 cm. Not in the inventory. The second vessel (Fig. 2) has come to light at the rescue excavation of Eszter B. Vágó in 1957 at Dunaújváros-Kosziderpadlás from a house floor (NO. 9) of Nagyrév cultural layer.

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5 It is a one handled jug with flaring rim, short, curving neck. Its neck and shoulder line is emphasised with a slight depression, its belly is slightly compressed, almost bi-conical. The one handle starts from below the rim and sits on the lower part of the neck. The composition of the decoration is made of incised lines entirely covering the upper part of the body. It comprises of short vertical bands divided from each other by three or four vertical lines. The 13 POROSZLAI Ildikó 1993. Fig. 9. 14 SCHREIBER Rózsa 1984. Figs. 5-7. 15 The detailed infromation is from the inventary book of the Dunaújváros Intercisa Museum. B. VÁGÓ Eszter 1959. 41. 310 Fig. 2.: Vessel from the Dunaújváros Museum's collection. / Edény a dunaújvárosi múzeum gyűjteményéből.