Accession No

1928.177.1


Description

An oval shaped vessel with a handle on the rim, possibly a milk skimmer, ladle, fish dish, or crucible. Thick, light yellowish brown coloured fabric with a black core. Flat, slightly splayed base, slightly flared walls, upright rim, and a straight, slightly tapered, horizontal handle in the centre of one of the long sides.


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

1928.177.1; TS149 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

81mm x 46mm x 115mm Weight 0.15kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '149' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS149.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 149. Stratum V 28.177.' in black ink.
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: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Field collection)
Stratum V. 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: 'Oval shaped vessel with handle on rim, thick ware. Function: possible interpretations include: milk skimmer, ladle, fish dish, crucible for metal working. Light yellowish brown, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.6/4), black layer in the middle.'
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. 9. no. 44.
Event Date 1981
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
An oval shaped vessel with a handle on the rim, possibly a milk skimmer, ladle, fish dish, or crucible. Thick, light yellowish brown coloured fabric with a black core. Flat, slightly splayed base, slightly flared walls, upright rim, and a straight, slightly tapered, horizontal handle in the centre of one of the long sides.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50418

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