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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