Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 description: 'Piece of fired clay, 'bird shaped'. Function: ?possibly a figurine. Reddish.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 198. Stratum VII 28.191.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '198' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS198.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 description: 'Small cone of baked clay, 1.4" long, the pointed end slightly modelled, ? to represent a nose or beak. Possible an Idol.'
Event Date 1928
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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. Fig. 6 no. 85 and Fig. 32 no. 185.
Event Date 1981
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
A small conical piece of fired clay, possibly a figurine or idol in the form of a bird. Small pointed protrusion near the top of the cone, possibly representing a beak. Greyish yellow in colour.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad