Accession No

1928.167.4


Description

Base sherd from possibly a bowl. Obtuse-angled, flat base. Incised decoration of lines on external surface, with white infill. External surface black burnished. Grey internal surface. Buff grey core.


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

1928.167.4; TS130 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Toszeg 130. Stratum IV.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '130'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS130
Event Date
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: maa


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


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of pottery, fine walled. Function: possibly a bowl. Dark grey (Munsell colour 2.5yr.N4/). Decoration: line and dot encrusted decoration 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)
Base sherd from an open vessel, possibly a bowl. Rounded body; obtuse-angled, flat base. Incised decoration of lines on external surface, with white infill. Black burnished external surface. Grey internal surface. Buff grey core.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


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