Silviu Ene

Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology

The terracotta reliefs are a tradition taken by the Romans from the Etruscans and Greeks. In principle, a relief was a votive offer of burnt clay, painted, of small and medium size, having on one or more sides holes to be sometimes fixed on the walls. But there are examples of considerable size, which adorn the walls of temples and private homes. A...

In the Roman world there were four types of masks: military, theatrical, funerary and ritual, each with a specific utility. But they were all generically called personae, to show that when they were worn, they changed the identity of the wearer. Ritual masks were usually used in processions related to the worship of Bacchus, called Bacchanalia or c...

The archaeological research took place between May 21 and June 13, 2020, behind the penitentiary located on Popa Șapcă Street, in Timișoara. Forty‑five archaeological features have been identified and researched, which can be dated, in the current stage of research, in: Antiquity (2nd–4th centuries AD), Arpadian period (12th–13th centuries) and the...

The archaeological research from Romula, from 2013, brings forward a new stage in the systematic investigation of the archaeological site, through the shifting of a more consistent part of them towards the central area, inside the Central Fortification. In this context, the identification of a new stratigraphy for this area shall remain an importan...

The archaeological research from Romula, from 2013, brings forward a new stage in the systematic investigation of the archaeological site, through the shifting of a more consistent part of them towards the central area, inside the Central Fortification. In this context, the identification of a new stratigraphy for this area shall remain an importan...

In December 2020 preventive archeological excavations took place on the land owned by SC SEDAKO GROUP SRL. The purpose of the archeological excavations was to investigate a property where it was desired to build a storage hall. Following the excavating of the area (848,888 m2) were identified and researched nine archeological features that can be d...

In March 2019, there have been preventive archaeological excavations upon the property of Ștefan PANE. The purpose was to investigate an area where mr. Pane intends to build his home. The presented archaeological research has been made in the time frame between the 6th and the 15th of March 2019. After excavating an area of 150 m2, a number of 3 ar...

The antifixes were pieces of semi-circular clay, that where fixed to the roof of temples or houses, at the end of the row of awnings that joined together two rows of tegulae. The etymology of the word antefixum, originating from ante ("before") and figures ("to fix"), that is, ornaments fixed under the eaves. In addition to the main apotropaic role...

The excavation that took place between July and September 2019 in Timișoara, Timiș county near „Calea Aradului DN 69 Km 7+800, CF 438106, 404459, 404429” led to the discovery of an intensely populated area. We identified 212 archaeological features that can be chronologically framed in the Bronze Age, first Iron Age, Arpadian period (sec. XII) and...

The archaeological research carried out between October and December 2017 and May-November 2018, in „Culă” Courtyard, Timiș Str. and Citadel Square points, from Ciacova City, Timiș County, led to the investigation of the area of interest affected by the upgrade works of the water distribution network. In the process were discovered 329 archaeologic...

The phrase “couple deities”, often refers in the Romanian specialized literature, to a certain category of statues, representing two characters, seated on a throne, encountered quite often in Dacia's coroplastic art. They apear in two variants, First – One female and one male deity; The second – Two female deities. They have analogies especially so...

The relationship between the deposition of human bodies in the domestic space and the deposition of isolated human bones and body parts in different contexts is a characteristic of the Late Iron Age north to the Lower Danube. The diversity of deposition practice also appears in the case of the dog skeletons found in the settlements. In the present...

Romula was the main town, economic, cultural and administrative center of Dacia Malvensis, a Roman province in the North of Lower Danube. This book contains the results of archaeological excavation from 2015 that carried out in the central area of the site. There are presented the archaeological structures and materials, with a focus on Roman potte...

The ruins of Romula are situated in the north east of Romanaţi plain, 7 km. north from the town of Caracal, în the litle vilage of Reşca (Olt county). The first mention we have about the ruins, is in 1689 from an italian count, enlisted as an oficer in the austrian army, his name was Luigi Fernando de Marsigli, after dat we have mentions from the m...