Object

Accession No

1928.195.22

Description

Part of a small vessel of coarse, dark brownish grey fabric with burnished surfaces. Reconstructed, with one detached body sherd. Vessel has a flat base, a flared body, and a straight rim.

Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg

Period

Early Bronze Age Earliest Hatvan

Source

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

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1928.195.22; TS255 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

42mm x 51mm Weight 0.05kg

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object is marked '255' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS255.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 255. Stratum VIII 28.195.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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: Lizzy Peneycad

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: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Sherds of a small vase (restored) with evidence of a rim, fine ware. Function: small 'vase'. Dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/1).'

Event Date 1928
Author: maa

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Now in two pieces.
Event Date 23/11/2000
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Part of a small vessel of coarse, dark brownish grey fabric with burnished surfaces. Reconstructed, with one detached body sherd. Vessel has a flat base, a flared body, and a straight rim.
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

FM:50491