Accession No

1928.169


Description

Radius of a cow, not a young animal. Proximal end eroded off, polished and worn; irregular perforation at proximal end. Used as a bone skate.


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

1928.169; TS61 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Radius; Cow Radius


Local Term


Measurements

235mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS61
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'Toszeg 61. Stratum IV. 28.169.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


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: maa


Description (Physical description)
Radius of a cow, not a young animal. Proximal end eroded off, polished and worn Perforation at proximal end. Function: bone skate (from ethnographic evidence).
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)
Radius of a cow, not a young animal. Proximal end eroded off, polished and worn; irregular perforation at proximal end. Used as a bone skate.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50384

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