Accession No

1928.209.5


Description

Rim sherd with flared neck. Made up of a black fabric with small inclusions and a burnished interior and exterior. Grey burnishing on the exterior of the body.


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

1928.209.5; TS379 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of heavily carinated vessel, thick ware. Function: a very large vessel Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.3/1)
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS379.
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 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: Alana Edgeworth


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)
Rim sherd with flared neck. Made up of a black fabric with small inclusions and a burnished interior and exterior. Grey burnishing on the exterior of the body.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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