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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804

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Aurora Petan at West University of Timisoara
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During the excavations carried out in 1803-1804 at Grădiştea Muncelului by the Austrian tax authority, regular reports were issued containing valuable information about the investigated site. At the same time, the cartographer Andras Szőts drew up the first known plan of the ruins. He delineated the fortress, placing it in the geographical context, but he also recorded the main excavated spots. The plan of 1804 has remained unused so far. This paper aims to bring to light archive data concerning this plan and to recover the information recorded on it, corroborating them with those of the reports. The importance of this approach is not only a historiographical one, but it also resides in the fact that the information from the beginning of the nineteenth century record a conservation status of the monuments sometimes higher than today.
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REVISTA DOCTORANZILOR ÎN
ISTORIE VECH RHEOLOGIE
ReDIVA
THE POSTGRADUATE JOURNAL
OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND
ARCHAEOLOGY
I / 2013
EI AȘ
CLUJ-NAPOCA
2013
5
CONTENTS
Foreword 7
AlexAndru BerzovAn
Some remarks on the Dacian silver hoard
found at Gura Văii (Pleşcuţa Town, Arad County) 9
AurorA PeţAn
Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804 29
SzABó CSABA
The Mithraic Statue of Secundinus from Apulum 45
dAn deAC
Being an Isiac in Potaissa. Short remarks on
RICIS 616/0102 (= CIL III 882) 65
BodA ImolA
Torma Károly (1829-1897) and the archaeological
research in Roman Dacia. Case study: Ilişua 75
Ion CeBAn
Archäologische denkmäler in der gemeinde Slobozia Mare,
Bezirk Cahul, Republik Moldau 107
vlAdImIr ovtChArov
Countermarked coinage of Dobrudja.
A detailed investigation (Case report) 129
ReDIVA I/2013, p. 29-43
SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA
IN THE AUSTRIAN MAP OF 1804

PhD Candidate, „Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, RO
E-mail: apetan@gmail.com
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         
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Keywords:   Sarmizegetusa Regia 
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       
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 
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 5
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2 
3 
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4 
5 
„the forest cartographer Szőts was busy recording and drawing, where one can see
those awkward pieces of columns, and there where a church was assumed to have been”
    
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
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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



A. 
mno

ab 
ac 
cd 
db
B. 


C.   x
y

D. 


 


„about 800 m”

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E. 
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
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 der alte WeegValea Godeanului
      
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gewesenen Mauerwerk wo von just nur der Grund vorraget, und ist durchaus mit
10 bis 14 W. Kl. Hohen Buchbaumen auch jungen Nachwachs überströmt. Der
obere Theil der Ringmauer ab ist 56 ac 132 cd 95 db 108 W. Klaf. Lang.
In diesem eingeschlossenen Raum in m und n örter sind die in der Reihe noch gut
zusammen verbundenen Wasserröhre ausgegraben worden, und in o ein stuck Mauer.
B. Ist der ort wo das nach grösserem Maßstabe im Grund und Durchschnitt samt dem
rund gezeichneten Gebau Fig. B steht. Dieses ist von quadrat hin und herlänglichen,
und blatten sandsteinen auf gestelt worden.
C. Ist der ort wo das verbrannte Frucht in der Erde y vergraben dann in x 2 ½ W.
Schu. lang 62 Zoll in quadrat diecke schön aus gearbeiten Steinen in der Reihe nur
aufgestelt gefunden worden.
D. Das nach grösserem Maßstabe im Grund und Durchschnitt gezeichnetes Gebau in
Fünfeck von gleichen quadrat Stein aufgefuhrt.
E. Ein sumtiger ort wo auch gegraben worden ist.
Alle sonst mit Carmin bezeichneten Orten am Stituations Plan bedeuten vorragen der
alten Mauerwerke, die mit hochen und jungen Buchenbaumen vermachsen sind. G.d.C.
Kulyan.”
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             
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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 BCE
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“in this area as well”
           

22  ş  
            
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23    
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24    
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Decennal-Aufzeichnung der archäologischen Funde in Siebenbürgen
vom Jahre 1845 bis 1855
     

 Istoricul cercetărilor arheologice de la Grăditea
de Munte
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 
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 
         
Studiul traiului dacilor în Munţii Orăştiei (Şantierul
arheologic de la Grădiştea de Munte. Rezultatul cercetărilor
făcute de colectivul din Cluj în anul 1950)
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     Şantierul Grădiştea
Muncelului. Studiul traiului dacilor în Munţii Orăştiei,


Andras Fodor Lugosi Kézirata
[Date arheologice din Transilvania] 
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Collectio Maior Manuscriptorum
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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 Şantierul arheologic
dacic din Munţii Orăştiei, jud. Hunedoara (1960-1966)

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 

   A Gredistyei dák várak

        
28. Grădiştea de Munte,
com. Orăştioara de Sus, Jud. Hunedoara [Sarmizegetusa
Regia],     

 Római régiségek Hunyad vármegyében

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 
     

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          
        
86. Grădiştea de
Munte, com. Orăştioara de Sus, jud. Hunedoara, [Sarmizegetusa
Regia],     
   

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          


   81. Grădiştea de Munte,
com. Orăştioara de Sus, jud. Hunedoara, [Sarmizegetusa
Regia],     
   

 Conduits et citernes d’eau chez les daces
des Monts d’Orăştie

 Cercetări arheologice la cetatea Grădiştea Muncelului
în anii 1803-1804     

   Date privitoare la cercetările arheologice de la
Grădiştea Muncelului în anii 1803-1804 (I)  

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Aurora PEŢAN
   Date privitoare la cercetările arheologice de la
Grădiştea Muncelului în anii 1803-1804 (II)  

   Date privitoare la cercetările arheologice de la
Grădiştea Muncelului în anii 1803-1804 (III)  

 Date privitoare la cercetările arheologice de la Grădiştea
Muncelului în anii 1803-1804 (IV)
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        

      

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 Coin nds at Grădiştea Muncelului during the
excavation campaigns of 1803-1804

   The water supply of Sarmizegetusa Regia’s
precinct, 


 
   

 

Fig. 1. The map of A. Szőts (copy by Kulyan). Source: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Kriegsarchiv, Kartenabteilung KVIIk 403 I/2.
Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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Fig. 2. Detail from the map of A. Szőts (copy by Kulyan). Source: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv,
Kriegsarchiv, Kartenabteilung KVIIk 403 I/2.
Aurora PEAN
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Fig. 3. The plan of A. Bögözi. Source: mss. J. Kemény, ,
vol. XXXIV, fol. 135, Romanian Academy Library, Cluj-Napoca Department, Kemény collection.
Collectio Maior Manuscriptorum Historicorum
Varia,
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Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Austrian map of 1804
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
 
An unknown stone structure in Sarmizegetusa Regia's sacred zone recorded in writings of 19th century
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  • Jan 2014
Researches undertaken by authorities and enthusiasts at Grădiştea Muncelului (ancient Sarmizegetusa Regia) in the nineteenth century produced a number of documents still little known today, despite their value. Although the diggings were chaotic and resulted in extensive damage to the site, they are important because sometimes they record a conservation status of the monuments superior to the present one and even monuments that are now lost or have escaped the attention of archaeologists. The present paper aims to reassess the documentary information concerning a novel monument, excavated in the mid 19th century by András Fodor and reported by other some scholars who have visited the ruins of the Dacian Kingdom’s capital.
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COIN FINDS AT GRĂDIŞTEA MUNCELULUI DURING THE EXCAVATION CAMPAIGNS OF 1803-1804
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  • Jan 2012
The excavations carried out in 1803 and 1804 at Grădiştea Muncelului by the Austrian tax authorities resulted in the discovery, among other archaeological materials, of several ancient coins in gold, silver and bronze, remained novel so far. This article is based on the numismatic evidence offered by the reports issued on occasion of such excavations. Keywords: numismatics; Kosons; the period of the Dacian kingdom; Grădiştea Muncelului; Austrian tax authority excavations. Rezumat: Săpăturile efectuate în anii 1803 şi 1804 la Grădiştea Muncelului de către fis-cul austriac s-au soldat cu descoperirea, între alte materiale arheologice, a mai multor monede antice de aur, argint şi bronz, rămase inedite până în prezent. Articolul de faţă valorifică informaţiile numismatice din rapoartele emise cu ocazia acelor săpături. Cuvinte cheie: numismatică; cosoni; epoca regatului dac; Grădiştea Muncelului; săpăturile fiscului austriac. The discovery, by the natives, of two large coin hoards in the autumn of 1802 and spring of 1803, close to the ruins at Grădiştea Muncelului, resulted in measures taken by the Austrian tax authority. The decision was to perform official excavations in the fortress area, prohibiting the villagers to search for treasures on the imperial properties. The aim of the excavations carried out by the authorities was still that to find gold, yet the scholars of that time quickly understood the special archaeological value of the area. Despite the fact that financial gain upon the excavations were still expected, and the authorities in Vienna were not at all convinced of the importance of the undertaking, the interventions of certain scholars contributed to the maintained interest for the remains at Grădiştea Muncelului by early 19 th century1. Two excavation campaigns were carried out, the first in 1803, and the second in the following year. In 1803, excavations unfold for three months, without spectacular results for the leading Viennese. After their discontinuance, despite interdictions, the villagers began the search for treasures again, and in the spring of 1804 another hoard of approximately 1000 Kosons was found. The second campaign lasted for almost six months, yet failed to identify the gold that the authorities believed hidden within the fortress. By the end of 1804, the Imperial Chamber decided to cease the excavations, arguing that the spent amount is higher than the gained profit.
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Római régiségek Hunyad vármegyében, Hon és Külföld, 1844
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