Accession No

1928.163


Description

Small axe or gouge made from ground, greenish grey stone. Truncated lenticular cross-section; slightly hollowed and rounded cutting edge; rounded sides taper asymmetrically to a slightly rounded butt end.


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

1928.163; TS25 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

25mm x 35mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS25, of card 51.
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: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Small worked stone tool. Stone unidentified - greenish grey.
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: 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)
Small axe or gouge made from ground, greenish grey stone. Truncated lenticular cross-section; slightly hollowed and rounded cutting edge; rounded sides taper asymmetrically to a slightly rounded butt end.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:50372

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