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

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: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Numerous sherds of various fine decorated wares, including fluted cups, sherd of burnished dark grey ware, sherds with grooves, scored patterns, conical bosses, etc
Event Date 1928
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
20 sherds of buff, grey or red ware. Five rim sherds, including two with small vertical strap handles; 24 body sherds, including one fragment of rounded lug handle; one base sherd with thick, obtuse-angled, flat base. Most with incised decoration of geometric design, including straight parallel lines, curved lines and semicircles. Some with applied strips or pointed boss. Some burnished on one or both surfaces.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou