Accession No
1928.167.3
Description
One body sherd of thick, grey to dark grey coloured fabric with a partially burnished and decorated external surface. Decoration consists of a raised wavy line within a band marked by vertical scratches that are infilled with lime, and a raised band with a burnished surface.
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
1928.167.3; TS123 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Lime
Local Term
Measurements
12mm x 45mm x 48mm Weight 0.02kg
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 123. Stratum IV 28.167.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '123' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS123.
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: 'Sherd of a vessel, thick ware. Grey (Munsell colour 10yr.5/1) Decoration: zoned linear decoration, wavy line with white infill.'
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 thick, grey to dark grey coloured fabric with a partially burnished and decorated external surface. Decoration consists of a raised wavy line within a band marked by vertical scratches that are infilled with lime, and a raised band with a burnished surface.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:50380
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