Accession No

1932.152


Description

Ovoid jar of brown ware. Flat-topped rim; short upright neck; two pointed, pierced lugs on upper body; two small, applied bosses on shoulder; body tapers to a flat base. Reconstructed with plaster and sherds.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tiszapolgár-Basatanya


Period

?Chalcolithic ?Bronze Age


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator and donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Buxton, Denis A. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.152


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

250mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Ovoid jar with short upright neck of brownish grey ware. The body has two small applied bosses and two pointed lug handles. Restored.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'Tiszapolgar/ GT 1'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
Listed as '2. Small urn with lug handles from the grave no.1 of Tisza Polgar'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
Old display label reads: 'Hungary'. Added in a later hand: '32.151-154. 32.155 A, B. Tiszapolgar E.B.A. Grave Group I'
Event Date
Author: Nora Josephine Klages-Miller


Context (Field collection)
From Grave No.1. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke and Denis Buxton, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, in 1929. See Photo Collection (P.47557-P.47564 and P.47571) for photographs of excavation.
Event Date 1929
Author: maa


Context (References)
Bognár-Kutzian, Ida. (1963). The Copper Age Cemetery of Tiszapolgár-Bastanya. Budapest: Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Event Date 1963
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Display)
Exhibited at Clarke Gallery, case 23, from 1984 to 2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Ovoid jar of brown ware. Flat-topped rim; short upright neck; two pointed, pierced lugs on upper body; two small, applied bosses on shoulder; body tapers to a flat base. Reconstructed with plaster and sherds.
Event Date 14/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:49350

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