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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