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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