Accession No
1928.173
Description
Fired clay representation of an animal, thickly made.
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
1928.173; TS142 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay
Local Term
Measurements
50mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 142/ Stratum IV/ 28.173.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS43 in top right hand corner of card 84.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Fired clay representation of an animal, thickly made. Function: "figurine" Red, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.4/6).
Event Date
Author: maa
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: 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: Jodi Zhang
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)
Fired clay representation of an animal, thickly made.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:50395
Images (Click to view full size):