Accession No

1928.186.7


Description

Incomplete misshapen handled cup or jug of buff brown ware. Everted rim; concave-sided neck; rounded or biconical body; flat base. Remnant of handle of oval cross-section at base of neck. Handle and parts of rim missing.


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

1928.186.7; TS183 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

70mm x 90mm x 75mm Weight 0.12kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked on the underside of the base 'Toszeg 183 Stratum VI 28.186' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS183 in top right hand corner of card 115
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to the underside of the base reads: 'TOSZEG 182. Stratum VI 28.186.'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
A loose hand written label reads 'TOSZEG Bronze II Stratum vi 28.186' in blue ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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 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: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Very roughly made handled 'vase', handle missing, thin ware, warped and unstable Reddish, indeterminate.
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, 7. Fig. 1.
Event Date 2004
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete misshapen handled cup or jug of buff brown ware. Everted rim; concave-sided neck; rounded or biconical body; flat base. Remnant of handle of oval cross-section at base of neck. Handle and parts of rim missing.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50445

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