Thin-walled pottery from the so-called Lágymányos workshop (South of Aquincum)

Abstract

In the early Imperial period, an indigenous settlement and a workshop were located in the Lágymányos district, south of the earliest Roman military fort and vicus (in modern day Viziváros, Budapest). A great number of products partly still following Celtic traditions and partly in accordance with new forms and demands were discovered in the Lágymányos pottery workshop area (e.g. S-profile bowls, jugs, jars, cooking pots, marbled wares, pannonische Glanztonware). Among them, a relatively high number of thin-walled potsherds – most likely manufactured on this site – were identified, together with some high-quality import wares with the same design. The 130 pieces of thin-walled pottery found during three excavations can be classified into three main groups: plain cups (without decoration), roughcast beakers and cups, and vessels with barbotine decoration.