Accession No

1928.195.10


Description

One body sherd of dark grey coarse fabric with brown burnish; earliest Hatvan period. Decoration of scratched criss cross lines on exterior.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg


Period

Early Bronze Age


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1928.195.10; MAA: 1928.195/Record 10; TS212 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

104mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten white paper label adhered to object, reading in black ink: 'Toszeg 212. Stratum VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: '212'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'Tószeg 212. VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd of pottery, thick ware, black layer Dark greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/2). Decoration: scratched criss cross decoration (not tightly decorated)
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 179 [TS212].
Event Date
Author: maa


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)
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 (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 body sherd of dark grey coarse fabric with brown burnish; earliest Hatvan period. Decoration of scratched criss cross lines on exterior.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:50479

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