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Maria Emilia CRÎNGACI ŢIPLIC
References: C. Gooss 1876-1877, p. 471, Taf. 4; K. Horedt 1940, p. 19; K. Horedt 1986, p.
148-149, Abb. 62-6.
In the 1940’s, it used to belong to the collection of the Secondary School of Sighişoara.
15. Mace head from Miercurea Sibiului (Sibiu County) (plate 4:3). The bronze head with a
slightly conical grip tube and 12 longish well-shaped corners, the median ones on four
edges and the other 8 on three edges disposed symmetrically at the top and bottom.
Dimensions: height: 67 mm, length: 52 mm, grip tube diameter: 23 mm.
Dating: 13 th -14 th centuries.
Place of discovery: Miercurea Sibiului.
The area of origin for this type of piece: Eastern Europe.
References: A. Niţoi 2007, p. 53
The Brukenthal National Museum Sibiu, inv. no. 10473 (new no. M. 3882).
16. Spur from Sibiu (No. 7 Turnului Street) (plate 4:6) – iron spur with a pyramidal corner,
based upon a rectangular plate, attached to the two arms by a short rod; one arm was bent
a long time ago, and the attachment pegs are missing. Dimensions: 112 mm total length,
arm length: 8 mm, corner length: 28 mm, 78 mm – maximum opening. This type of spur
was found both in Transylvania (Piatra Craivii 80 , Bratei – Nisipărie, Sighişoara – Dealul
Viilor, Reci – Covasna County) and at East and South of the Carpathian Mountains
(Bâtca Doamnei - Neamţ County, Dridu La Metereze - Ialomiţa County) 81 .
Dating: the second half of the 12 th century and the first half of the 13 th century.
Place of discovery: the item was discovered during archaeological research at No. 7 Turnului
Street.
The area of origin for this type of piece: spurs with corners on a plate were widely spread,
being found both in Western and Eastern Europe.
References: A. Niţoi 2008, p. 209, 215, pl. 3-1.
The Brukenthal National Museum Sibiu, inv. no. M 9114.
17. Bronze campaign tripod vessel from Racoşu de Sus / Vârghiş (?) 82 (Covasna County)
(plate 4:5). In 1970, a bronze tripod vessel was discovered near the border of the village
of Baraolt. Its lip – broken during the discovery – is bent down, as in ceramic pots, with
two circular handles (slightly oval in section) attached to it; both the legs – triangular in
section – and the two ears are founded together with the vessel; the body, spheroid in
shape, is segmented by the founding burrs, indicating that the outside pattern was made
of several pieces; the trace of the forging channel – circular with a diameter of 17 to 18
mm – is at the bottom, the same as for the fonts; it shows that the vessel was cast lip
down, and the ventilation orifice was probably in one of the legs, but its trace cannot be
noticed due to wear; the total height of the vessel is 252 mm and the mouth diameter –
176 mm. Initially, historiography assigned it to the Pecheneg population, but recent
research has shown that this form is characteristic for the territories inhabited by the
80 Gh. Anghel, I. Berciu 1968, p. 10, fig. 3.
81 See also A. Ioniţă 2005, p. 96, A. Ioniţă 2009, p. 36. and bibliography. The spur from Sibiu is a type B
3 according to Ruttkay’s typology (Al. Ruttkay 1976, p. 347, fig. 72, p. 349-350) and type IV or IVa,
according to Kirpičnikov’s typology (A. N. Kirpičnikov 1986, p. 113).
82 In the vicinity of Baraolt, in an unknown point of the town Biborţeni (near Baraolt) were recorded
ovens for ore reduction, but their period of origin is also unknown (V. Cavruc 1998, p. 39).