Accession No
1928.197 B
Description
Cylindrical core of dark grey stone. Slightly flared out at the end; other end broken off and missing; transverse rings around the cylinder are evidence of metal working. Possibly the core of a shaft hole axe. Earliest Hatvan period.
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
1928.197 B; TS251 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
20mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Cylindrical core of stone with rings, unidentified stone Function: core of a shaft hole axe, transverse rings slightly flared out at the end are evidence of metal working Dark grey
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink reading: 'TOSZEG 251. STRATUM VIII'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. 205 [TS251].
Event Date
Author: maa
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)
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 (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 (Analysis)
Analysis by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984: 'Transverse rings slightly flared out at the end are evidence of metal working'
Event Date 1/1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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)
Cylindrical core of dark grey stone. Slightly flared out at the end; other end broken off and missing; transverse rings around the cylinder are evidence of metal working. Possibly the core of a shaft hole axe. Earliest Hatvan period.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50502
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