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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