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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