Accession No
1928.216.5
Description
Large fragment of a vessel, incorporating a flat base and flared sides. Made up of a coarse dark grey fabric with burnishing on the interior and brown exterior. Decoration of linear design and a hole perforated through the side, possibly associated with historic repair or suspension.
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
1928.216.5; TS423 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on card, no. TS423.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Base and body of " basket shaped" vessel, thin walled. Function: ?possibly a hanging vessel Dark greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/2). Decoration: all over diagonal scratched decoration, and one perforation
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: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1928.216[.1-7]: 'Pottery fragments.'
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)
Large fragment of a vessel, incorporating a flat base and flared sides. Made up of a coarse dark grey fabric with burnishing on the interior and brown exterior. Decoration of linear design and a hole perforated through the side, possibly associated with historic repair or suspension.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:50586
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