Accession No
1928.160.21
Description
Handle sherd of thick-walled burnished grey ware. Thickened loop handle with an aperture with triangular cross-section, with protrusions broken off on the outer surface.
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
1928.160.21; TS93 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
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 (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: Esther Laver
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: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Handle sherd of a vessel - triangular hole/lugged/handle piece, thick ware. Function: possibly part of a flat sided vessel, unusual shape. Grey. Decoration: burnished
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS93.
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: Esther Laver
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.
Event Date 2004
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Handle sherd of thick-walled burnished grey ware. Thickened loop handle with an aperture with triangular cross-section, with protrusions broken off on the outer surface.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:50350
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