Accession No
1928.209.9
Description
Sherd incorporating a wide D-loop handle. Made up of a coarse black fabric with buff orange exterior. Decoration of textile impression on the handle.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg
Period
Early Bronze Age Earliest Nagyrev
Source
Clarke, Louis C. G.National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.209.9; TS391A [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Handle sherd of a vessel, thick ware, fired red, black inside Function: as a handle Yellowish red, (Munsell colour 5yr.4/6) Decoration: textile patterning over handle (unusual)
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS391A.
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)
Sherd incorporating a wide D-loop handle. Made up of a coarse black fabric with buff orange exterior. Decoration of textile impression on the handle.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:50559
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