Accession No
1928.276 A
Description
Eleven rim sherds from multiple vessels, made up of fine and coarse red, grey and brown fabrics, some with micaceous inclusions. Four sherds have burnished interiors and exteriors. Decoration on one sherd of a notched rim.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Berettyóújfalu; Herpály
Period
Neolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Márton, Lajos [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.276 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Labels with objects from this site read "Copper Age. From the large mound at Herpaly, nr. Berettyoujtalu, East Hungary" and "Later Neolithic from Herpaly, East Hungary. Joint excavations 1927 of Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum (sic) Budapest, and this Musuem."
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1928.276 [A-D]: 'Numerous sherds of small pots, of fine hard ware with smooth surface and occasionally a polished surface; mostly small bowls, some round-bottomed, others with small flat base and flaring sides. Some sherds have small lugs, others have handles. Mostly grey with reddish patches due to uneven firing.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa and Lajos Márton, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1928.276 [A-D]: 'Sherds of small Neolithic pots.'
Event Date 1928
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Eleven rim sherds from multiple vessels, made up of fine and coarse red, grey and brown fabrics, some with micaceous inclusions. Four sherds have burnished interiors and exteriors. Decoration on one sherd of a notched rim.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:49137
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