Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS197.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

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: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Smooth piece of stone, quartzite stained naturally with iron oxide
Event Date 1928
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Stratum VII. 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 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: Emily Shorter

Context (Analysis)
Petrological identification by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984: 'Quartzite stained naturally with iron oxide.'
Event Date 1/1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
A worked piece of stone with an irregular oval cross section, rounded at both ends.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter