Object

Accession No

1928.209.3

Description

A spindle whorl made from a pottery sherd of very dark grey fabric, with a brownish grey external surface decorated with a rusticated or textile pattern. Broadly oval shaped, with a circular hole drilled through the centre.

Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg

Period

Early Bronze Age Earliest Nagyrev

Source

National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1928.209.3; TS370 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

51mm x 10mm x 55mm Weight 0.05kg

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 370. Stratum XIII 28.209.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS370.
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: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Field collection)
Stratum XIII. 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: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Sherd of pottery made into a round shape, thick ware. Function: interpreted as a spindle whorl. Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.3/1). Decoration: textile/rusticated patterning with a hole drilled through the centre.'
Event Date 1928
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1928.209[.1-13]: 'Fragmentary pot and sherds.'
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)
A spindle whorl made from a pottery sherd of very dark grey fabric, with a brownish grey external surface decorated with a rusticated or textile pattern. Broadly oval shaped, with a circular hole drilled through the centre.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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