Accession No
1928.196.1
Description
One rim sherd of grey fabric with grey burnish; earliest Hatvan period. Everted rim with decoration of incised hatched triangles filled with white lime on top of 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
1928.196.1; MAA: 1928.196/Record 1; TS205a [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Lime
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 200 [TS205].
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten white paper label adhered to object, reading in black ink: 'Toszeg 205. Strat. VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Small sherd of rim, thin ware, burnished. Function: ?possibly a bowl shape Dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/1). Decoration: incised triangles below the rim infilled with white
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 grey fabric with grey burnish; earliest Hatvan period. Everted rim with decoration of incised hatched triangles filled with white lime on top of rim.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50494
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