Object

Accession No

1928.189.4

Description

A small fine walled jug of buff coloured fabric. It has an everted rim, slightly concave neck, rounded body and flat base; it has a strap handle from the rim to the shoulder. It has a ridge around the shoulder. Loss from the base and the rim and neck.

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

1928.189.4; TS193 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Fine Ware

Local Term

Measurements

60mm x 67mm x 66mm Weight 0.04kg

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label affixed to the underside of the base reads 'TOSZEG 193. Stratum VII 28.189.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS193.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
The object has been marked '193' in pencil.
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: 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: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Small one handled jug, fine walled (unstable). Function: one handled jug Reddish brown, (Munsell colour 5yr.5/4). Decoration: handle from rim to centre, ridge around the middle
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 (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 small fine walled jug of buff coloured fabric. It has an everted rim, slightly concave neck, rounded body and flat base; it has a strap handle from the rim to the shoulder. It has a ridge around the shoulder. Loss from the base and the rim and neck.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter

FM:50454