Accession No
1928.298
Description
Eleven coarse ware sherds. Ten base fragments of various types including flat and footring with some body still present, one curved body sherd. Grey/brown fabric and surface colour.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Berettyóújfalu; Herpály
Period
?Late Neolithic ?Chalcolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Márton, Lajos [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.298
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
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)
Numerous flat bases, some fragmentary, of large pots of coarse grey ware with smooth grey on reddish surface
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: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Eleven coarse ware sherds. Ten base fragments of various types including flat and footring with some body still present, one curved body sherd. Grey/brown fabric and surface colour.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:49157
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