Accession No

1928.199 A


Description

Harpoon tip made of worked antler tine with a polished surface. One hollow end with a double-pointed extension and the other end terminating to a point. Two perforated holes drilled longitudinally through the bone.


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

1928.199 A; TS299 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Antler


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Antler tine, polished, worked, two complete perforations drilled through the tine and the end shaved and shaped
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS 299
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: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Field collection)
Stratum IX. 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: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1928.199 A-B: 'Two bone harpoon heads.'
Event Date 1928
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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. Pl. 37, no. 5.
Event Date 1981
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Harpoon tip made of worked antler tine with a polished surface. One hollow end with a double-pointed extension and the other end terminating to a point. Two perforated holes drilled longitudinally through the bone.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:50505

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