Summary (English)
ABRITUS (Galena Radoslavova – galena_rz@abv.bg, Georgi Dzanev) Single ashlars were discovered along the line of the northern fortification wall. A pile of burned fragmentary sun-dried bricks from a Late Antique building was discovered from the inner side of the fortification wall and a terracotta lamp of the end of the 4th – 5th century AD was found. A wall built in rubble masonry was discovered at c. 20 m to the south of the northern fortification wall and a capital from a pilaster was found close to it. Fragmentary building ceramics and Late Antique finds (a quern, two bronze fibulae, a bronze belt buckle and a bronze finger-ring) were found along the inner side of the southern sector of the western fortification wall close to Towers Nos. 27 and 28. An altar with Greek inscription was found inside Tower No. 28. A pile of burned fragmentary sun-dried bricks was documented close to the entrance of Tower 26 situated on the southwestern corner of the fortress. A room was discovered in front of the entrance of Tower No. 23. Late Antique bronze belt buckle, two terracotta spindle whorls, a lead seal and six bronze coins of the 4th – 5th centuries AD were found along the inner side of the eastern sector of the southern fortification wall close to Towers Nos. 18, 19 and 20. Fragment from a stone column, sherds from amphorae and fragment from a brick with an incised figure of a horse were discovered in Tower No. 17. A wall built in rubble masonry was discovered to the east of the entrance of Tower 20. A pavement of slabs was discovered in front of the entrance of Tower No. 9 on the eastern sector of the northern fortification wall. An Early Mediaeval clasp from a book and a lead spindle whorl were found in Building VIII. A stone slab with Greek inscription was found close to the building. Four querns were discovered to the south of Building X and 49 bronze coins of AD 350 – 450 were found in Room No. 2.
- Galena Radoslavova - Regional Museum of History – Razgrad 
- Georgi Dzanev - Regional Museum of History – Razgrad 
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- Regional Museum of History – Razgrad