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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