Accession No

1928.174.7


Description

Two refitting body sherds from a vessel of coarse, dark grey fabric with a reddish brown and dark grey coloured external surface. Each sherd is decorated with a raised scroll of triangular to trapezoid shaped cross-section. One sherd has a horizontal ridge of triangular cross-section below the scroll, and a small conical boss at the bottom.


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

1928.174.7; TS82 [Excavation no.]; TS140 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

100mm x 17mm x 103mm Weight 0.1kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
The sherd marked '82.' also has a white hand written label adhered which reads 'TOSZEG 82 140 } Stratum IV 28.174.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd marked '82.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd is marked '140.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS82/140.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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)
Catalogue card description: 'Two sherds of a vessel (probably the same vessel), thin coarse ware Dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.6/1). Decoration: curvilinear spiral designs with a lug and ridge.'
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. Fig. 35, no. 260.
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)
The two sherds (one marked TS82, one marked TS140) were once attached, as part of a larger sherd. They have subsequently become detached.
Event Date 2/7/2013
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two refitting body sherds from a vessel of coarse, dark grey fabric with a reddish brown and dark grey coloured external surface. Each sherd is decorated with a raised scroll of triangular to trapezoid shaped cross-section. One sherd has a horizontal ridge of triangular cross-section below the scroll, and a small conical boss at the bottom.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50402

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