Accession No
1928.195.24
Description
One handle and body sherd from a vessel of coarse black fabric. Long, horizontal handle of D-shaped cross-section below the shoulder, with a ridge around the centre and each end, and deep thumb impressions in the ends. Outer surface of body is decorated with a rusticated or textile pattern. Vessel has a curved shoulder and thick walls.
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
1928.195.24; TS265b [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
48mm x 75mm x 115mm Weight 0.14kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS265(b).
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 265 Stratum VIII 28.195.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked '265' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
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: 'Handle sherd of a vessel, coarse ware. Black, (Munsell colour 10yr.2/1). Decoration: rusticated/textile patterning on body. Handle/lug ridged and false, not on the rim.'
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
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)
One handle and body sherd from a vessel of coarse black fabric. Long, horizontal handle of D-shaped cross-section below the shoulder, with a ridge around the centre and each end, and deep thumb impressions in the ends. Outer surface of body is decorated with a rusticated or textile pattern. Vessel has a curved shoulder and thick walls.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:50493
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