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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