Accession No

1928.161.6


Description

Sherd of dark grey ware; part of base and lower body. Black burnished outer surface; small circular flat base.


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

1928.161.6; TS43 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Sherd of dark grey pottery. Remains of other material inside, thin ware, burnished. Function: base of a handled cup or open bowl. Dark grey, (Munsell colour 2.5y.N4/)
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'TOSZEG 43/ STRATUM II/ 28.161.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS43 in top right hand corner of card 50.
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)
Sherd of dark grey ware; part of base and lower body. Black burnished outer surface; small circular flat base.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50360

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