Accession No

1928.172 A


Description

Triangular loom weight; solid fired clay with perforation, charred.


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

1928.172 A; TS62 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Fired Clay


Local Term


Measurements

155mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS62.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 62. Stratum IV. 28.172 A'
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)
Solid fired clay triangle with perforation, charred. Function: loom weight (described in 1928 accessions book as " two clay fire dogs" with 1928.172 B) Dark greyish brown, (Munsell colour 2.5y 4/2)
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)
Triangular loom weight; solid fired clay with perforation, charred.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50393

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