Accession No

1928.207 C


Description

Sub-spherical grey stone, possibly used as a grinding stone or hammerstone. Three sides have depressions with rough surfaces, possibly when used as a hammer.


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

1928.207 C; TS350 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

46mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS350.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small rounded piece of unidentified stone. Function: ?possibly a grinding stone Grey
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 XII. 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 1928.207 A-C: 'Piece of stag horn & B/C Two stone rubbers.'
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.
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)
Sub-spherical grey stone, possibly used as a grinding stone or hammerstone. Three sides have depressions with rough surfaces, possibly when used as a hammer.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:50541

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