Claudia Urduzia, Căldări de lut descoperite în aşezarea medievală de la Miercurea Băi – Cunţa (jud. Sibiu)
Clay cauldrons discovered in the medieval settlement from Miercurea Băi – Cunţa (Sibiu County)
The following paper is concerned with the clay cauldrons discovered during 2012 in a medieval settlement found in the area of Miercurea Băi – Cunţa (Sibiu County) and conventionally named MS I. From some houses and annexes and also from some pits a relatively high number of clay cauldrons’ fragments were retrieved, from which 110 exemplars can be considered as belonging to distinct vessels. From the analyzed cauldrons only a few have ornaments and only one displays a sign on the rim, between the two orifices of the ear. The analogies with the items found in the adjacent territories (Hungary, Slovakia), but also with those found in other Transylvanian sites, led us to date the lot from Miercurea Băi – Cunţa in the 11th-13th Centuries. This dating can be narrowed only considering the other items discovered in the same site.
Keywords: medieval archaeology, medieval pottery, clay cauldrons, Sibiu County, Transilvania, Romania, 11-13th Century.
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