Accession No

1928.186.5


Description

Very thin base sherd with slightly concave base. Incised decoration of vertical lines near bottom. Reddish brown burnished external surface, buff brown internal surface, black core.


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

1928.186.5; TS177 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS177 in top right hand corner of card 118.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '177'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 177. Stratum VI.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


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: Danlei Zhou


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


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of pottery, fine walled Reddish brown, (Munsell colour 5yr.4/4). Decoration: incised bit of decoration; slight indentation; black layer between the red
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)
Very thin base sherd with slightly concave base. Incised decoration of vertical lines near bottom. Reddish brown burnished external surface, buff brown internal surface, black core.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50443

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