Accession No

1928.171 B


Description

Small bead with circular perforation; roughly truncated biconical in shape.


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

1928.171 B; TS121 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

11mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Wooden board found with object, possibly where the bead was once mounted, marked 'Tozeg [sic] 121/ Stratum IV/ 28.171 B'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS121 in top right hand corner of card 85.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '121'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Small bead/ring with perforation. Function: ?possibly as an ornament. Brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.5/3)
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: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Small bead with circular perforation; roughly truncated biconical in shape.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50392

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