Accession No
1928.166 A
Description
Round stone with flattened base and two sides; used as a grinding stone.
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
1928.166 A; TS48 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Sandstone
Local Term
Measurements
60mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Lump of stone flattened at base, sandstone. Function: grinding stone
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 48/ Stratum III/ 28.166 A.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS48 in top right hand corner of card 41.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Stratum III. 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 (Analysis)
Petrological analysis by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984 identified the material as sandstone.
Event Date 1/1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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)
Round stone with flattened base and two sides; used as a grinding stone.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:50375
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