Accession No

1928.189.2


Description

Five sherds from a thick ware vessel of black and brown fabric. The vessel has an upright rim, tall neck and rounded body.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg


Period

Early Bronze Age Earliest Hatvan


Source

National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1928.189.2; TS190 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS190.
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


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 1927
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two pieces of rim sherd, thick ware unevenly fired. Function: high necked open vessel Yellowish red, (Munsell colour 5yr.5/6)
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


Description (Physical description)
There are three extra sherds.
Event Date 22/11/2000
Author: Emily Shorter


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)
Five sherds from a thick ware vessel of black and brown fabric. The vessel has an upright rim, tall neck and rounded body.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:50452

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