Object

Accession No

1928.209.11

Description

An ovoid shaped, moulded vessel with a handle, possibly a ladle or crucible. Thick, yellowish brown coloured fabric with a smoothed and partially burnished external surface. Conical body, uneven rim with a rounded edge, and a handle with a square cross-section extending from the side. Most of the handle is missing.

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

1928.209.11; TS395 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

57mm x 33mm x 67mm Weight 0.06kg

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 395. Strat: XIII 28.209.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The object is marked '395' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS395.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

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

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Oval shaped moulded vessel with handle/lug, no base, unable to stand, coarse ware. Function: interpreted as a ladle or crucible. Yellowish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.5/4).'
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. Fig. 32, no. 206.
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)
An ovoid shaped, moulded vessel with a handle, possibly a ladle or crucible. Thick, yellowish brown coloured fabric with a smoothed and partially burnished external surface. Conical body, uneven rim with a rounded edge, and a handle with a square cross-section extending from the side. Most of the handle is missing.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

FM:50561