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SZIRMAI, KRISZTINA: Niello decorated Horse Harness Ornament from Albertfalva -Niellóval díszített lószerszámdísz Albertfalváról
Baláca. 16 Sites located along the main routes and in our section of the province that contained horse harness finds have been discussed by Sylvia Palágyi. Most of them came to light from tumuli, graves and carriage-burials. 17 Another part of these finds originates from Roman settlements. Horse harness finds from the so-called inner settlements are known from the sites of Velence, Ságvár and Nagyberki-Szalacska. 18 Another group of horse harness elements is usually found in settlements that surrounded military forts, as is also shown by the example of the new find from Albertfalva. The other horse-harnesses are known from the settlements that accompained the following forts: Carnuntum, Adony (Vetus Salina) and Intercisa. 19 The number of these latter sites has now been further increased by the new Albertfalva horse harness find which should be considered unique in Pannónia, (fig. 3) Conclusions: The niello decorated phalera under discussion in this paper shows that a cavalry troop from Britain or Germania Inferior and Germania Superior was stationed in Albertfalva as early as the ist century AD. The name of this troop, however, is not known yet. The find presented in this paper belonged to the horse harness kit of one of the cavalrymen. On the basis of parallels and representations from Britain, Gaul and Rhineland, the niello decorated phalera newly discovered in Albertfalva was made during the 1 century AD. The specifika of the new horse harness ornament (niello decoration, size, four rings): this find is not the product of a local workshop. It represents early western metal-work. The niello decorated phalera which was made in a western workshop the exact location of which cannot yet be determined made its way to Albertfalva as a consequence of military troop movements. 20 BIBLIOGRAPHY BISHOP 1988. ESPERANDIEU 1910., 1918. PALÁGYI 1981-2. PALÁGYI 1988. PALAGYI 1989a. PALÁGYI 1989b. PALÁGYI 1994. ROBINSON 1975. BISHOP, M. C.: Cavalry equipment of the Roman Army in the first century AD. In Military Equipment and the Identity of Roman Soldiers. BAR Int. Ser. 394. 1988. 67-195. ESPÉRANDIEU, E.: Recueil General des Bas-Reliefs, statues et bustes de la 1922. Gaule Romaine. Paris. Vol. III., VIL, VIII. 1910., 1918., 1922. PALAGYI, S.: Die römischen Hügelgräber von Inota. Alba Regia 19.1981-2. 7-93. PALÁGYI, S.: Die Ausgrabungen von Inota und Vergleich der Metallgegenstände aus der römischen Hügelgräbern in Komität Veszprém. In Norisch-Pannonische Hügelgräber. Várpalota. 1988. 11-14. PALÁGYI, S.: Rekonstruktionsmöglichkeiten der Pferdegeschirrfunde aus Pannonién. In Proceedings of the Fifth Roman, Military Equipment Conference. BAR Int. Ser. 476. 1989a. 123-136. PALÁGYI, S.: A kemenesszentpéteri római kori halomsír. (Über das römische Hügelgrab aus Kemenesszentpéter) in Veszprémi Történelmi Tár. 1. 1989b. 44-59. PALAGYI, S.: A pannóniai római kori halomsírok az újabb kutatások tükrében. Budapest-Veszprém 1994. H. R. ROBINSON: The armour Imperial Rome. London. 1975. NOTES 1. SZIRMAI, K.: Excavation at the military vicus of Budapest/Albertfalva. - In Acta of Roman Frontier Studies. XVI. 1955. Rolduc - in print. 2. SELLYE, I.: Császárkori emailmunkák Pannoniából. (Les bronzes emailles de la Pannonié.) Diss. Pann. II. 8. Bp. 1931.IV.Pl./7a-b. 3. In Hungarian National Museum. Inv. Nr. 4. 1951. 89. - Excavation of L. Barkóczi. I could check it only in a photo. I should like to thank L. Barkóczi for his approval its publication. See about the spot: BARKÓCZI, L.BÓNIS, É.: Das frührömischer Lager und die Wohnsiedlung von Adony. ActaArchHung. 4. 1954.129-199. 4. BISHOP 1988. 141. 5. See above 135.
