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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