, ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁Hung arian - spe aking ▁population ▁dates ▁from ▁ 8 9 6 ▁( when ▁the ▁Mag y ars ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁Car path ian ▁Bas in ▁), ▁while ▁the ▁Sz ar vas ▁need le ▁case ▁dates ▁from ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century . ▁Con sequently , ▁either ▁the ▁Sz ar vas ▁ins cription ▁is ▁not ▁in ▁Hung arian ▁or ▁Hung ari ans ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁Car path ian ▁Bas in ▁much ▁earlier ▁than ▁the ▁late ▁ 9 th ▁century . ▁R ón a - T as ▁attempted ▁to ▁read ▁the ▁Sz ar vas ▁re lic ▁in ▁Turk ic ▁instead ▁of ▁Hung arian , ▁but ▁wrote ▁that ▁his ▁trans cription ▁needed ▁further ▁improvement . ▁The ▁issue ▁remains ▁an ▁open ▁question ▁amongst ▁Hung arian ▁sch ol ars . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁The ▁Als ó sz ent mi h ály ▁ins cription ▁on ▁a ▁building ▁stone ▁found ▁in ▁Mih ai ▁V ite azu , ▁Cl uj ▁( Trans ylvan ia , ▁today ▁Roman ia ). ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Ju h ász , ▁Ir én ▁( 1 9 8 3 ): ▁Ein ▁A var en zeit licher ▁N adel be h äl ter ▁mit ▁Ker b schrift ▁aus ▁Sz ar vas . ▁In : ▁Act a ▁A che olog ica ▁ 3 5 ▁( 1 9 8 3 ), ▁p .   3 4 ▁ ▁Ju h ász , ▁Ir én ▁( 1 9 8 5 ): ▁A ▁sz ar vas i ▁av ar ▁ro v ás ír ás os