Zsolt Mráv

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Zsolt Mráv (* 1974 ) is a Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist .

Life

Mráv studied Roman Provincial Archeology at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest until 1997 . He works as a scientist at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. In the past, his theoretical work focused on, among other things, Roman epigraphy and the late Roman border defense in the Hungarian part of Pannonia , his largest excavation project to date is the long-term exploration of the late antique fort Göd-Bócsaújtelep , which was never completed .

The archaeologist taught as a lecturer from 2001 to 2013 at the University of Szeged . In 2014 he held the same position at the Péter Pázmány Catholic University in Budapest . In addition, he has been teaching restorers at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts since 2002 .

Mráv's controversial theses include the dating approaches of late antique military buildings along the Hungarian Danube Limes . His reflections on the reassessment of the traditional names of places and places in the greater Budapest area also brought important insights. The Göd-Bócsaújtelep fort is one of his most important excavations to date. Here he was able to establish a completely new chronology of events and work out the historical relationship between the complex and the Limes Sarmatiae on the basis of the approaches made by the archaeologist Sándor Soproni (1926–1995).

An internationally spectacular case of theft of antiquities preoccupied Mráv in 2007, for which he also appeared in a television documentary on the British broadcaster Channel 4 . Near Polgárdi in Fejér County around 30 years ago, the quarry worker József Sümegh, who later died under mysterious circumstances, is said to have found the Seuso treasure from Roman times in a palace-like ancient family residence that was later scientifically proven. The treasure was offered a little later on the London art market.

The reconstructed Iseum in Szombathely.

Mráv was responsible for the plans for the complete reconstruction of the Iseum of Colonia Claudia Savaria , today Szombathely , which was completed in August 2010, along with Tamás Mezős, the President of the Hungarian Monuments Office and the archaeologist Otto Sosztarits.

Mráv is a member of the project Archaeometric Investigations on Roman and Medieval Marble Objects and Monuments from Hungary, which examines found samples for their origin within the framework of the Working Group for Archaeometry and Monument Preservation of the German Mineralogical Society .

Maráv also works as a specialist archaeological editor. From 1999 to 2010 with Régészeti Kutatások Magyarországon (Archaeological Investigations in Hungary), since 2002 with Folia Archaeologica and since 2006 with L'Année épigraphique . He is a member of several archaeological associations, including the Hungarian Limes Society (Magyar Limes Szövetség).

The archaeologist is a member of the Hungarian Society for Archeology and Art History (Magyar Régészeti és Művészettörténeti Társaság), the Hungarian Society for Classical Studies (Magyar Ókortudományi Társaság) and the Hungarian Limes Commission (Magyar Limes Szövetsées).

Important excavations

literature

Editorships

  • with Hedvig Győry (ed.): Aegyptus et Pannonia. Acta symposii anno 2000. Comité del l'Egypte ancienne de l'Association amicate hongroise-egyptienne, ISBN 963-204-851-2 .
  • with József Beszédes and Endre Tóth : The stone monuments of Bölcske. Inscriptions and sculptures. (Catalog) Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003
  • with Hedvig Győry (ed.): Aegyptus et Pannonia. Acta symposii anno 2000. Comité del l'Egypte ancienne de l'Association amicate hongroise-egyptienne. ISBN 963-204-851-2

Essays

  • L. Cornelius Felix Plotianus, governor of Commodus in Pannonia Inferior and the building history of the auxiliary fort Intercisa (Dunaújváros, Hungary) In: Szilvia Bíró (ed.): Studia officina ... Studia in honorem Dénes Gabler. Mursella, Győr 2009, p. 357 ff.
  • with Ádám Szabó : Fragment of a bronze document of a new type about the dismissal of a legionary soldier from AD 240. In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169, 2009, pp. 255–268.
  • Fittings from a Flavian apron cingulum from Baláca (Veszprém County, Hungary). In: László Kocsis (Ed.): The enemies of Rome. Proceedings of the 15th International Roman Military Equipment Conference, Budapest 2005 = Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies. Vol. 16. Darlington / Budapest 2008, p. 279 ff.
  • with Ortolf Harl: The Trajan building inscription of the porta principalis dextra in the Vindobona legionary camp - On the origin of the Vindobona legionary camp. In: Location Vienna. Reports on Archeology 11, 2008, pp. 36–55.
  • Parade shield, ring pommel sword and lances from a Roman chariot grave in Budaörs. The gun graves of the local elite in Pannonia. In: Archaeologiai Értesitö 131, 2006, pp. 33–73.
  • The drawbar sleeve. Draw arm construction in Roman chariots. In: Archaeologiai Értesitö 130, 2005, pp. 21–52.
  • with Katalin Ottományi : DE {I} FU (N) C (TUS) EXP (EDITIONE) GERM (ANICA) LAU-RI (ACO) MORT (E) SUA. Sarcophagus of a soldier from Budaörs who died during the Caracallas Alemannic expedition. In: Acta Archaeologica 56, 2005, pp. 21-52.
  • Review of: inscriptions with bronze letters in Sarmizegetusa? (Preliminary report). In: Gnomon 77, 2005, pp. 89-106.
  • An early imperial aristocratic grave from the Taurisk region. The 1914 find by Polhov Gradec (Slovenia). In: Communicationes archaeologicae Hungariae 2005, pp. 309–361.
  • with Éva Maróti : Kiadatlan római kori kőemlékek Pest megyéből - Unpublished Roman stone souvenirs from Pest county. In: Múzeumtörténeti és Régészeti Tanulmányok. Studia Comitatensia. Vol. 28. Szentendre 2004, pp. 247-260.
  • Altars consecrated to the palimpsestine inscriptions of the IOM Teutanus. In: Ádám Szabó , Endre Tóth : Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II), ISBN 963-9046-83-9 , pp. 251-282 (PDF) .
  • Castellum versus Tautantum. To identify a late Roman fortress. In: Ádám Szabó, Endre Tóth : Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, (Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II), ISBN 963-9046-83-9 , pp. 329-376 (PDF) .
  • Archaeological research 2000–2001 in the area of ​​the late Roman fortress of Göd-Bócsaújtelep (preliminary report). In: Communicationes archaeologicae Hungariae 2003. Budapest 2003, pp. 83–114.
  • The statue base of Philip the Arab from Környe. In: Pannonica provincialia et Archaeologica. Festschrift for Jenő Fitz . Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, pp. 331–333.
  • For dating the late Roman ship lands on the border of the province. Valeria ripensis. In: Ádám Szabó, Endre Tóth (ed.): Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, pp. 33–50.
  • Imperial building activity in the time of Hadrian in the cities of Pannonia. In: Acta antiqua Academiae scientiarum Hungarica 43, 2003, pp. 125-137.
  • Hadrian's bridge building inscription from Poetovio. In: Communicationes archaeologicae Hungariae 2002. Budapest 2002, pp. 15–57.
  • The foundation of Emona and the construction of its city wall (to supplement the inscription AIJ 170B = ILJug 304). In: Acta antiqua Academiae scientiarum Hungaricae 41, 2001, pp. 81-98.
  • Imperial car burials in Pannonia. In: Sein und Sinn, Burg und Mensch. (Exhibition catalog), St. Pölten 2001, pp. 123–141.
  • The visit to Caracallas and the Deus Invictus Serapis cult in Pannonia. In: Communicationes archaeologicae Hungariae 2000. Budapest 2000, pp. 67–97.
  • Roman military installations in the Barbaricum. In: From Augustus to Attila. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1541-3 , p. 48 ff.
  • Aurelius Martialis, naucler (us) Portus (A) eni. On the commercial life of the 3rd century AD in Brigetio. In: Munster contributions to ancient trading history. Vol. 18, 2. Münster 1999, pp. 73-86.
  • "Valentinianus ... in ipsis Quadorum terris quasi romano iuri iam vindicatis aedificari praesidiria castra mandavit." (Amm. Marc. XXIX./6.2) I Valentinianus kvád külpolitikája egy vitatott Ammianus Marcellinus szöveghely tükrében. In: Pannoniai kutatások (1999) pp. 77–111.
  • The building board of a sanctuary from Visegrád. To complement the inscription RIU. 815. 306. In: Antaeus. Communicationes ex Instituto archaeologico Academiae scientiarum Hungaricae 24, 1998, pp. 306-310.
  • Castellum versus Tautantum. Egy későrómai erőd azonosításánakproblemémájához. (Castellum contra Tautantum. On the problem of identifying a late Roman fort.) In: Savaria. A Vas Megyei Múzeumok Értesitöje. 22/3, 1992-1995 (1996), pp. 11-19.

Participation in film documentaries

  • Time Team Special: The Mystery of the Roman Treasure. British archaeological television documentary on Channel 4 . First broadcast in 2008.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The pages of the excavations of Savaria in Hungarian [1] , accessed on May 22, 2011. Link dead on May 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft Archivlink ( Memento from September 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 11, 2010.
  3. ↑ Endre Tóth: The late Roman military architecture in Transdanubia. In: Archaeologiai Értesitő 134, 2009, p. 33.
  4. ^ Zsolt Mráv: Parade shield, ring knob sword and lances from a Roman wagon grave in Budaörs. The gun graves of the local elite in Pannonia. In: Archaeologiai Értesitö 131, 2006, p. 33.
  5. ^ Time Team Special: The Mystery of the Roman Treasure. (online at: imdb.de )

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personal data
SURNAME Mráv, Zsolt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974