Accession No

1928.66


Description

Stone axe hammer. Round cutting edge with a large chip; plano-convex section, with a large chip taken out of the flat face; rounded sides with a lenticular cross-section; flat butt; large circular perforation in the body for a shaft. Ground surfaces.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg


Period

Bronze Age


Source

Ramsden, John (Sir) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1928.66


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

148mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Piece of paper accompanies object, adds: 'Stone hoe'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver


Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Perforated stone axe-hammer. Plano-convex section. Cylindrical hole. The hammer end was apparently cut quite perpendicular and flat, but a groove has since been worn into it by use.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Grossbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60
Event Date 2004
Author: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Stone axe hammer. Round cutting edge with a large chip; plano-convex section, with a large chip taken out of the flat face; rounded sides with a lenticular cross-section; flat butt; large circular perforation in the body for a shaft. Ground surfaces.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:49089

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