Accession No
1928.195.21
Description
One rim sherd of buff fabric with dark grey core; earliest Hatvan period. Simple upright rim with remains of vertical strap handle from rim; decoration of horizontal band of short vertical punches just below exterior rim.
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
1928.195.21; MAA: 1928.195/Record 21; TS241b [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
71mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of a vessel, thin ware, unevenly fired Dark greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/2). Decoration: punched decoration below the rim, ?evidence of a handle
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Toszeg 241. VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 182 [TS241b].
Event Date
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 rim sherd of buff fabric with dark grey core; earliest Hatvan period. Simple upright rim with remains of vertical strap handle from rim; decoration of horizontal band of short vertical punches just below exterior rim.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50490
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