ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PLISKA (Stoyan Vitlyanov – stoyan@shu-bg.net, Konstantin Konstantinov) The explorations were carried out in parallel rooms A6, A7, A8 and A9, arranged in a line in Site No. 41, which is situated in the northwestern part of the Outer Town of Pliska. Traces from fire were documented in room A9. The finds included sherds of the 9th – 10th centuries, a lead exagia, two finger-rings with engraved images, iron rings from chainmail, a bronze belt point, fragments of iron slag, fragmentary bricks, tegulae and imbrices. The floor of the room was paved with stone slabs with an average size of 80 cm by 40 cm by 15 cm. Room A8, 18.85 m by 4 m in size, situated in the southwestern corner of Site No. 41, was explored. The finds included sherds from three glazed vessels (one pitcher and two pots), displaying the engraved symbol of the proto-Bulgarian Khans: IYI on their mouths. Room A7, 4.20 m by 2 m in size, was explored. Its walls were 80 cm wide. There was entrance, 70 cm wide, on the eastern wall of the room and it led towards the interior of the architectural complex. Traces from fire were documented. The finds included sherds from pots with incised decoration and fragments from imbrices displaying the symbol IYI. Room A6 was explored and traces from fire were documented. Tegulae and imbrices from the collapsed roof of the building were discovered. The finds included sherds, two fragments from bronze crosses and a small bronze bell. The parallels rooms arranged in a line in the southern periphery of the architectural complex were workshops, while the rooms in the western wing were used for storage. The architectural complex dated to the end of the 9th – 10th centuries.