Accession No
1928.196.7
Description
One body sherd of coarse, reddish brown fabric with a smoothed internal surface and a burnished external surface. Decorated with an indented band and a row of patterned indentations, both of which are infilled with lime.
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
1928.196.7; TS241a [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Lime
Local Term
Measurements
5mm x 54mm x 49mm Weight 0.01kg
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '241i' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS241(a).
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Stratum VIII 28.196.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '241 Toszeg' 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: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Sherd of pottery, thin ware, burnished, well fired. Red, (Munsell colour 2.5yr.4/6). Decoration: encrustic ware with white infill.'
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 body sherd of coarse, reddish brown fabric with a smoothed internal surface and a burnished external surface. Decorated with an indented band and a row of patterned indentations, both of which are infilled with lime.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:50500
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