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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