Accession No
1928.180.1
Description
A pig tooth that has been worked into a tool. It is curved shape, tapered to a point at both ends, and has a broken through perforated hole at one end. Possibly a needle.
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
1928.180.1; TS165 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tooth
Local Term
Measurements
110mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS75.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
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: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
Stratum VI. 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)
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 1928
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Lower canine, male pig tooth, worked and polished. Function: double pointed perforated bone tool, ?a needle. Decoration: perforation half
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: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
A pig tooth that has been worked into a tool. It is curved shape, tapered to a point at both ends, and has a broken through perforated hole at one end. Possibly a needle.
Event Date 30/4/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:50426
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