Accession No

1928.177.2


Description

Two refitting rim sherds from a wide, shallow, open bowl of thick, reddish yellow coloured fabric with a black core and burnished surfaces. Body and base are decorated with a curvilinear channelled design: three concentric circles in the centre of the base, surrounded by groups of four radiating lines, separated by small oblique lines; the radiating lines link to concentric semicircles along the shoulder; the centre of each semicircle alternates between an indented oval and a large pointed boss. Bowl has a rounded base and body, a sharply carinated shoulder, a flared collar, and a wide, everted, downward-angled rim.


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

1928.177.2; TS150 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

50mm x 240mm Weight 0.32kg


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS150.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
'150' is marked once on each of the two parts in pencil. One sherd is marked '3rd Period' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd has a white hand written label adhered which reads 'Toszeg 150. Stratum V 28.177.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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


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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Two sherds rim pieces, thick ware, burnished. Black centre, red outside, reddish yellow, (Munsell colour 5yr.5/6). Decoration: curvilinear channelled design with linking vertical lines and heavy raised lugs.'
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. 24, no. 86.
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


Context (Display)
On display in 'Creativity in the Bronze Age' (CinBA) exhibition, Maudslay Hall, 9/4/2013 - 6/7/2013.
Event Date 9/4/2013
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
These two rim sherds were once fixed together, but have now come un-glued.
Event Date 2/7/2013
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two refitting rim sherds from a wide, shallow, open bowl of thick, reddish yellow coloured fabric with a black core and burnished surfaces. Body and base are decorated with a curvilinear channelled design: three concentric circles in the centre of the base, surrounded by groups of four radiating lines, separated by small oblique lines; the radiating lines link to concentric semicircles along the shoulder; the centre of each semicircle alternates between an indented oval and a large pointed boss. Bowl has a rounded base and body, a sharply carinated shoulder, a flared collar, and a wide, everted, downward-angled rim.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50419

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