Accession No

1928.195.17


Description

One body sherd of coarse dark grey fabric with reddish brown discolouration on exterior; earliest Hatvan period. On the inside one conical protruding knob.


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

1928.195.17; MAA: 1928.195/Record 17; TS216 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

204mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'Tószeg 216. Stratum VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten white paper label adhered to object, reading in black ink: 'Toszeg 216. Stratum VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Large sherd of vessel, thick ware, uneven firing. Function: large storage vessel Grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.6/1). Decoration: protruding lug on the inside
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 183 [TS216].
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 coarse dark grey fabric with reddish brown discolouration on exterior; earliest Hatvan period. On the inside one conical protruding knob.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:50486

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