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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