Accession No

1928.174.3


Description

Sherd of a large open bowl, rim and base, thick brown-black ware.


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

1928.174.3; TS68 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 60. Stratum IV. 28.174.'; object also marked 'Toszeg 60. Stratum IV. 28.174' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Display)
Two old display labels found with object, one reads: 'Series of sherds from Bronze Age site at Toszeg, Hungary, excavated by L.C.G. Clarke. Continued on the other side'; second label reads: 'Bronze Age sherds Toszeg, Hungary (continued from other side) Clarke collection & gift'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS68 in top right hand corner of card 102.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large sherd of open bowl, base and rim, thick ware. Function: large open bowl Greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.5/2)
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: 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 2001
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of a large open bowl, rim and base, thick brown-black ware.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50398

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