Accession No

1928.170.5


Description

Tool formed from the humerus of a pig, the proximal end fashioned into a chisel shape, the distal end eroded.


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

1928.170.5; TS124 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

102mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS124.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Part of the humerus of a pig, proximal end fashioned into the shape of a spade, distal end eroded. Polished, worked, worn. Function: bone tool
Event Date
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: Zahni Blumenthal


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)
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: Zahni Blumenthal


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: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Tool formed from the humerus of a pig, the proximal end fashioned into a chisel shape, the distal end eroded.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:50389

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