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Gogoşu

Ostrovu mare, spätantike Festung, östliche Mauer

Mehedinți

Ostrovu Mare ca. 43 m - 671615 - RO » Mehedinţi » Comuna Gogoşu - population : 3479
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Marker so gut wie möglich anhand der Pläne
http://alexisphoenix.org/imagesromania/ostrovumaresketchmap.jpg und
http://alexisphoenix.org/imagesromania2/ostrovumaremap.jpg
1/2 km von der steinzeitlichen Siedlung am Ostende der Insel, etwas südlich der Mitte. Die ausgegrabene Ostseite der Festung ist für mich nicht erkennbar
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1: HD064254: AE 2007, 1208
D. Bondoc, in: S. Nemeti u. a. (Hrsg.), Dacia Felix. Studia Michaeli Bărbulescu oblata (Cluj-Napoca 2007) 493, Nr. 3 : A fragmentary brick (Fig. 14), made of semifine clay, with sand and little stones in the composition. The piece was discovered on the wall of the circular tower. On its surface, there are traces of mortar and also two stamps inside of rectangular registers. Just one of the stamps has been well preserved ; the letters are in relief, 2.2cm high; the last letter is upside-down. The preserved sizes of the brick: 22 x 17 x 7cm; the sizes of the rectangular register: 6.3 x 3cm. The impression of the stamp is DA(cia) RIP(ensis). It could be dated in the 4th century. The place of manufacturing could not have been identified, such pieces have been discovered on a large area, to the north and the south of the Danube35. Anyway, the stamp certifies the contribution of the army of the province Dacia Ripensis to the Late Roman domination over the islands from the Danube. The 2nd stamp was badly preserved. There are visible just the traces of three letters.
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2: HD064257: AE 2007, 1206
D. Bondoc, in: S. Nemeti u. a. (Hrsg.), Dacia Felix. Studia Michaeli Bărbulescu oblata (Cluj-Napoca 2007) 492-493, Nr. 1 : A stamped brick has been given to me for study by Dr. Adrian Gheorghe from Filiaşi, who told me that he discovered it on the wall of the fortification. It is fragmentary and is made of semifine clay with small stones in the composition. On the surface, there are abundant traces of mortar and a stamp inside, in a rectangular register. The letters are in relief, 2.8cm high; the two letters A are upside-down; the letter N is tied to the A. The preserved sizes: 17 x 11.5cm. The legend on the stamp is DIANA (Fig. 11). The toponym refers to the ancient locality Diana (today Karats in Serbia), situated on the southern bank of the Danube. The brick is dated in the 4th century and it represents an import of building material.
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Der Text ist im Internet verfügbar unter http://alexisphoenix.org/ostrovomarepaper.php :
Old And New Data About The Late Roman Fortification From The Island Ostrovul Mare
Gogoșu Commune, Mehedinți County, Romania // Dorel Bondoc
The first part (Part I) of this paper will be published in the volume in the honour of Dr. Mihai Bărbulescu from Cluj-Napoca. ...
The traces of a fortification surrounded by a ditch and a vallum (palisade) of defence were known by Al. Bărcăcilă as far back as in 1936(21). Al. Bărcăcilă had information about the investigations of a silviculturist who excavated in 1910, because he wanted to find the gate of the fortification. The spoilation of the stone and of the bricks seems to be usual in Ostrovul Mare. Somebody remembered that at one moment, even the Serbian neighbours from the southern bank of the Danube, used to come to the island by boat to find bricks (information from Dr. Adrian Gheorghe).
The researches made in 1981 by M. Davidescu led to the identification of the Late Roman fortification. The archaeological excavations begun in 1983(22) pointed out just a part of a wall from the eastern side, 23.50m long (Fig. 10). It was built of stone, limestone and bricks. The wall is 2.80m thick. At its northern end there is a circular tower with the interior diameter of 3.50m, and at its southern end there is a pentagonal tower with its interior in a rectangular shape (4.05 x 3.45m). Both towers are protruded out of the enclosure, this feature being specific to the Late Roman fortifications. A gate with an opening of 3.27m was identified at 8.50m from the northern tower; at some time it was blocked with an exterior tower of rectangular shape.
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Die Fußnoten verweisen auf Davidescu, Cetatea Romana de la Hinova (mit Karte, auf der das Lager im südlichen Teil der (als Einheit gezeichneten Insel) östlich (!) gegenüber von "Rahovo" lokalisiert wird
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Fundstelle ersetzt: Islaz, Ostrovul mare, Donauinsel [Teleorman]

 

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