Accession No
1928.162.4
Description
Fragment of a hollow cylindrical bone object, pierced transverse by a circular hole; the extant end features a rounded and polished edge.
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
1928.162.4; TS41a [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
64mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS41a.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of bone (suggestion in 1928 Accessions Book of reindeer, but very difficult to tell) polished and worked, evidence of perforation work
Event Date
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: Zahni Blumenthal
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: 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: Zahni Blumenthal
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: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a hollow cylindrical bone object, pierced transverse by a circular hole; the extant end features a rounded and polished edge.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:50366
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