Accession No
1928.186.6
Description
Rim sherd with small, everted rim and straight-sided neck. External surface dark brown with scratched vertical lines on neck. Internal surface black, possibly burnished. 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
1928.186.6; TS182a [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS182a in top right hand corner of card 119.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '182'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 182. 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)
Rim sherd of pottery, thin ware. Function: part of straight sided vessel dark greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/2). Decoration: scratched vertical lines from the rim
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)
Rim sherd with small, everted rim and straight-sided neck. External surface dark brown with scratched vertical lines on neck. Internal surface black, possibly burnished. Black core.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:50444
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