Description (Physical description)
Large handled jar of dark grey ware with polished surface, large bulbous body with small flat base; tall flaring neck (rim missing); stout looped ribbon handle, small, rising from low on neck
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Large handwritten paper label stored with object reads: 'Big pot. Bronze Age II.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

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: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Field collection)
Bought by Louis C.G. Clarke from the owner of the Tószeg site in 1927.
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
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 (Analysis)
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: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Large, rounded jug of burnished grey ware, the entire rim and part of the neck broken off and missing. Wide mouth with an everted rim; short neck with single strap handle attached at neck and shoulder; rounded body tapers to a narrow, flat base. Neck previously repaired, two sherds detached but present.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal