Object

Accession No

1928.174.11

Description

Sherd of coarse ware, from a large straight sided vessel. Decorated with rusticated patterning in a zoned area; difficult to tell which way the shape is going.

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

1928.174.11; TS127 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Description (Physical description)
large sherd of pottery, coarse ware. Function: large straight sided vessel. Difficult to tell which way the shape is going Reddish brown, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.4/4). Decoration: rusticated patterning in a zoned area, plain area
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '127 Tozseg' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 127. Stratum IV. 28.174.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS127 in top right hand corner of card 99.
Event Date
Author: maa

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 (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 2004
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Sherd of coarse ware, from a large straight sided vessel. Decorated with rusticated patterning in a zoned area; difficult to tell which way the shape is going.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang

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