Accession No

1928.161.4


Description

Rim sherd and handle of a large vessel, grey-black ware. Slightly everted, round topped rim; loop handle from rim to upper body.


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

1928.161.4; TS36 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd and handle of a large vessel, thin ware. Function: large storage vessel Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.N3/). Decoration: handle from rim
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 36. Stratum II. 28.161.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS36 in top right hand corner of card 29.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Stratum II. 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: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd and handle of a large vessel, grey-black ware. Slightly everted, round topped rim; loop handle from rim to upper body.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50358

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