Accession No

1928.177.4


Description

One sherd of coarse, very dark grey fabric from a pedestal base or lid. Sherd is part of a disc, with both faces flat, the edge curved and squared, and the centre thickened.


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

1928.177.4; TS151b [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

68mm x 22mm x 93mm Weight 0.1kg


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS151(b).
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'Toszeg 151 Stratum V 28.177' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 151. 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: 'Base sherd of pottery, coarse. Function: as a base with pedestal or a lid. Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.N3/). Coarse Ware.'
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. cf. Fig. 32, no. 205.
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)
One sherd of coarse, very dark grey fabric from a pedestal base or lid. Sherd is part of a disc, with both faces flat, the edge curved and squared, and the centre thickened.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50421

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