Accession No

1928.167.2


Description

One body sherd of light reddish brown fabric with a partially burnished and decorated external surface. Decoration consists of a raised, burnished band, and a raised zigzag line within a wide band that is infilled with lime.


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

1928.167.2; TS118b [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Lime


Local Term


Measurements

21mm x 59mm x 66mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'TOSZEG 118. Stratum IV 28.167.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS118(b).
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '118' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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: Emily Shorter


Context (Field collection)
Stratum IV. 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: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Body sherd of pottery, thin ware. Light reddish brown (Munsell colour 5yr.6/4). Decoration: red burnished zone, white infill, red zigzag design.'
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: Emily Shorter


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: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
One body sherd of light reddish brown fabric with a partially burnished and decorated external surface. Decoration consists of a raised, burnished band, and a raised zigzag line within a wide band that is infilled with lime.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50379

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