Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS 401.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Flattened lump of stone squarish, sandstone. Function: grinding stone
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: 'Rubbing stone.'
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 (Analysis)
Petrological identification by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984: 'Sandstone.'
Event Date 1/1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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)
Grinding stone made of sandstone. Sub-rectangular in shape with flat faces and slightly curved edges. Depression in one corner with a rough surface, possibly used as a hammerstone.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth