Accession No

1928.179


Description

Fragment of perforated stone axe-hammer. Rectangular in cross-section, with tall sides and cylindrical perforation, tapering towards a narrow end.


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

1928.179; TS162b [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Stratum V. Toszeg 162.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS162b in top right hand corner of card 132.
Event Date
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: Danlei Zhou


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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Half a shaft hole axe with a drilled hole. Function: shaft hole axe Dark grey
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.
Event Date 1981
Author: Danlei Zhou


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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of perforated stone axe-hammer. Rectangular in cross-section, with tall sides and cylindrical perforation, tapering towards a narrow end.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50425

Images (Click to view full size):