TÖRÖK RÉZEDÉNY DUNAMOCSRÓL (MOČA, SZLOVÁKIA)
A TURKISH COPPER VESSEL FROM DUNAMOCS (MOČA)

Summary/Abstract: In 1998, a Turkish copper vessel dated to the 16–17th century, period of the Turkish occupation, came to light in the vicinity of the village Dunamocs. The exact site was some 80–100 m from the river bank in the shallow river bed. The jug with handle made of copper was seriously damaged during the centuries, its ventral and bottom parts were injured and compressed. Its conservation took place in the autumn of 1998. The height of the bulky jug with convex basis is ca. 28 cm, the diameter of the mouth aperture is 10 cm and it was tinned both from the inside and the exterior part. Originally, the vessel used to have a lid or a cover attested by the pierced tang of the handle. The special attraction of our find is the Turkish name inscription incised into the lower part of the neck, which reads as “The property of Haidar” (sahib-i Haydar). The type of the Dunamocs jug is naturally well known in the heritage of the Turkish Occupation period. Most of them came forth from the territory of cities, fortresses occupied by the Turks and excavations performed on these localities. The number of copper vessels, however, is scanty compared to the clay (ceramic) vessels. The Dunamocs copper jug belongs to the kitchen ware for cooking and table dishes without pouring outlet. This type is called in Turkish gögüm and was mainly used for boiling water and making tea in them. The copper jug of Dunamocs came forth along an important water-way. The local inhabitants must have suffered a lot, living on the borderlines and surrounded by towns of great military and strategic significance like Esztergom, Komárom or Érsekújvár. The jug described here must have belonged to a notable personality travelling on the river.

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