Scripta manent... A jar with Latin inscription from the north-eastern Lower Moesia

This paper presents two pieces of large jars, one of them bearing a Latin inscription of four letters, spelling SATV, the other decorated with geometrical figurines imprinted in the row fabric before firing. The archaeological artefacts were retrieved from the filling layers of a pit-house dated in the late 2nd and first half of the 3rd century. The unusual rim shape of the inscribed jar alongside the archaeological context together with all the other finds, the Latin inscription and the decoration represent motifs for discussion regarding the origins, dating and functionality of these two jars