Budapest Régiségei 32. (1998)

TANULMÁNYOK - Végh András: Előzetes jelentés a budai Szentpétermártír külváros területén 1991-1995 között folytatott régészeti kutatásokról 329-340

entrance of the house had originally been on the northern side. The filling above the groundfloor contained late mediaeval pottery, denars of King Vladislav I, Ladislav V and Matthias Corvinus. Thus the house can be dated to the middle of 15th century. This deposit also filled the stakeholes of a preceeding phase, the holes of the stakes dividing the plots to the south of the main wall of the building. There were the remains of another earlier wooden building below the stakeholes. The foundation matched in size the foundation of the first two rooms of the latter building. This older house can be dated back to the first third of the 15th century, due to a denar of King Sigismund found in the filling. Below this building two further occupation level could be observed. The older one was laying on the top of the humus covering the Roman ruins. The remains of several baking ovens and hearths could be observed there, which could be dated back to the turn of 13rd and 14th centuries due to King Andrew III denar. North of the building described above there had been a yard. It had been covered in stones and was cut through by several cesspits from the Middle Ages and the Turkish period, cut into one another. From the occupation level on the top of the humus the foundation of a wooden house and its floor were found. From the coins found here it can be dated back before 1270. Around the building a large amount of copper pieces, semi- finished objects, wires, plates, a silver brooch with pieces of coral were found and a large amount of copper copies of the denars of King Stephen V and the denars of Slavonia. This means, there had been a workshop dealing with metallurgy and counterfeiting too. Two further floor surfaces and another deposit from the Middle Ages proved that the building was continuously renewed in mediaeval times. The stone foundation and stakeholes show that the buildings h ad been made of wood. Unfortunately the site was too small for the research to be able to establish the groundplan of the buildings. 22-30. MEDVE STREET A rapid salvage work had to be conducted here in the spring of 1992. Three Quarter of the site was destroyed by the builders without previous archaeological observation and permission of building. At the rest of the lot there was also a very limited opportunity for researchers. A two meters deep, 3 score 4 metres foundation was discovered. It had been built of random coarsed limestone layers, altering in their size. Inside the wall a timber frame was detected. Some of these round shaped timbers and the nails joining were also preserved. This foundation structure is typically Turkish. The foundation had been diagonal with the mediaeval street line. This object could be identified as the foundation of the minaret of the Chemberdsi aga mosche as several maps from the Turkish period had indicated it. The foundation had been cut into a previous cemetery. Five graves, parallel with one another, containing no finds were excavated. The earth filling the graves contained pottery from the Roman times and the Middle Ages. Unfortunately there was no opportunity for further research and the found object was completely destroyed by the builder even against the statement of the National Board of Historical Monuments. 335