Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten white paper label adhered to object, reading in black ink: 'Toszeg 228. Stratum VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 214 [TS228].
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Metatarsal of a sheep/goat proximal end eroded, distal end worked into a tool. Function: pointed bone tool
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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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Field collection)
Stratum VIII. 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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
One pointed bone tool of a metatarsal of a goat or sheep. Bone at proximal end partly broken out and missing; distal end worked into a point and showing signs of wear. Earliest Hatvan period.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung