Gábor Vékony
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Gábor Vékony was a Hungarian historian, archaeologist and linguist, associate professor at ELTE
, Candidate of Sciences in Historiy. He was an expert of the rovás scripts and a researcher of Hungarian prehistory.
and secondary school in Kiskőrös
. He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (ELTE) with a degree in archaeology and history in 1968. He obtained his PhD
in 1969. From 1968 he worked in the Kuny Domokos Museum in Tata
. From 1970 until his death in 2004 he was an associate professor of the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Ancient History at ELTE.
and Alsószentmihály inscription
.
Elte
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, Candidate of Sciences in Historiy. He was an expert of the rovás scripts and a researcher of Hungarian prehistory.
Life and career
He attended elementary school in TabdiTabdi
Tabdi is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.Croats in Hungary call this village Tobdin.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1196 people .- References :...
and secondary school in Kiskőrös
Kiskorös
Kiskőrös is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. It is located at around . Sándor Petőfi was born here.- Geography :Kiskõrös is the sixth biggest city in Bács-Kiskun county by population. It is located in the center of the county, 22 km east from the river Danube and 110 km south of Budapest...
. He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (ELTE) with a degree in archaeology and history in 1968. He obtained his PhD
PHD
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in 1969. From 1968 he worked in the Kuny Domokos Museum in Tata
Tata, Hungary
Tata is a town in north-western Hungary, Komárom-Esztergom county, northwest from county seat Tatabánya.-Location:Tata is located in the valley between the Gerecse and Vértes Mountains, some from the Budapest, the capital. By the virtue of its location, the city is a railway and road junction...
. From 1970 until his death in 2004 he was an associate professor of the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Ancient History at ELTE.
Rovas inscriptions
Prof. Vékony deciphered several Rovas inscriptions, e.g. Szarvas inscriptionSzarvas inscription
A bone needle case near Szarvas has an inscription from the second half of the 8th century. This belongs to the Late Avar Period .- The photo and the drawing of the inscription :...
and Alsószentmihály inscription
Alsószentmihály inscription
The inscription on a building stone was found in Mihai Viteazu, Cluj .- The relic :The stone was an ancient Roman building stone--proved by the leaf-symbol, a frequently applied ornamental element of ancient Roman inscriptions--reused in the 10th century...
.
His works
- 1970 Lábatlan-Rózsa Ferenc utca (Komárom m., dorogi j.) RFüz I: 23. 1970. 9.
- 1970 Vespasianus-kori építési felirat Aquincumban (Tóth Endre társsz.), Arch. Ért. 97, 109-115.
- 1981 Az onogurok és onogundurok a Kárpát-medencében, SzMMÉ
- 1982 Das nordwestliche Transdanubien im 9. Jahrhundert und die "Uungariorum marcha", Savaria 15
- 1983 Veneter – Urnenfelderkultur – Bernsteinstrasse, Savaria 16
- 1983 A gyepű szerepe az etnikai és politikai átalakulásokban, in: Tőkei Ferenc (szerk.) : Nomád társadalmak és államalakulatok (Körösi Csorna kiskönyvtár 18). Budapest 1983, 215-236.
- 1986 A Karoling birodalom „délkeleti” határvédelme kérdéséhez, KEMMK 2
- 1986 A dák királyság (Mócsy András társsz.), in: Makkai László - Mócsy András (szerk.): Erdély története I. A kezdetektől 1606-ig. Akadémiai Kiadó Budapest, 32-46.
- 1987 Spätvölkerwanderungszeitliche Kerbinschriften im Karpatenbecken
- 1988 Késő népvándorláskori és Árpád-kori települések Tatabánya-Dózsakertben, in: Gombkötő G. (Főszerk.):Komárom megye története I.
- 1989 Dákok, rómaiak, románok. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
- 1997 Protobolgárok a Kárpát-medencében, KEMMK 5
- 1999 Komárom-Esztergom megye a honfoglalás korában, Tudományos Füzetek 11
- 2000 „A Dunántúl középső bronzkora és kapcsolatai”, KEMMK 7
- 2000 A koszideri korszak a Dunántúlon, KEMMK 7
- 2000 A Bodrog-alsóbűi felirat, SMK 14
- 2002/2005 Magyar őstörténet - Magyar honfoglalás
- 2004 A székely írás emlékei, kapcsolatai, története
- 2007 A rézkortól a hunokig