Accession No
1928.160.10
Description
Miniature handled cup of yellow to grey fabric with thin walls and a partially burnished surface. Reconstructed. Part of the rim edge and most of the handle are missing. Flat base; squat, rounded body; shoulder decorated with three rounded bosses separated by multiple vertical incised lines; tall, upright neck; everted rim; vertical strap handle between the rim and shoulder.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg
Period
Early Bronze Age Middle Fuzesabony
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.160.10; TS17 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
63mm x 53mm x 69mm Weight 0.04kg
Events
Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads 'Toszeg, Stratum i. Bronze Age, Period iv' in black ink and '28.151, 157, 160, 236-7' added in blue ink.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS17.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked a very faint ?'119' in pencil on the side.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the base reads 'Toszeg 17. Stratum I. 28.160.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Stratum I. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1 – LL1/4/3) for correspondence, notes, drawings, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa
Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1968.160.10: 'Nearly complete small cup - handled, fine walled, restored. Function: typical Fuzesabony one handled cup. Grey, (Munsell colour 5yr.5/1). Decoration: three lugs and incised decoration around the middle.'
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Grossbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60. Fig. 1 (object on left side, second row).
Event Date 2004
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Miniature handled cup of yellow to grey fabric with thin walls and a partially burnished surface. Reconstructed. Part of the rim edge and most of the handle are missing. Flat base; squat, rounded body; shoulder decorated with three rounded bosses separated by multiple vertical incised lines; tall, upright neck; everted rim; vertical strap handle between the rim and shoulder.
Event Date 30/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:50339
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