Accession No
1928.212.5
Description
Tool made of worked antler tine, incorporating a rounded point. Perforation longitudinally through the tine and a partially perforated hole at the distal end.
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
1928.212.5; TS427 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Antler
Local Term
Measurements
80mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS427.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Antler tine, worked. Perforations through proximal end of the tine and a perforation through the distal end of the tine
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Stratum XIV. 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
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)
Accession Register description for 1928.212[.1-6]: 'Bone implements.'
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)
Tool made of worked antler tine, incorporating a rounded point. Perforation longitudinally through the tine and a partially perforated hole at the distal end.
Event Date 9/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:50576
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