Accession No
1928.174.5
Description
Rim sherd of a bowl, black-buff ware. Inturned rim; lug or boss on body.
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
1928.174.5; TS71 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked: '71. Toszeg. Stratum IV. 28.174.'
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
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd of pottery, fine walled, charred. Function: ?possibly an open bowl. Light yellowish brown (Munsell colour 10yr.6/4) Decoration: raised lug and curvilinear design.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS71 in top right hand corner of card 95.
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)
Rim sherd of a bowl, black-buff ware. Inturned rim; lug or boss on body.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:50400
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