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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