Accession No

1928.218.1


Description

Worked antler tine. Worked at the proximal end by cutting, worn 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

1928.218.1; TS452 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Antler


Local Term


Measurements

189mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS452 in top right hand corner of card 307.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Strat XV' and '452 TOSZEG'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Field collection)
Stratum XV. 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: Danlei Zhou


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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Antler tine, worked at the proximal end of the tine by cutting, worn at the distal end of the tine. Function: a bone tool.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa


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: Danlei Zhou


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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Worked antler tine. Worked at the proximal end by cutting, worn at the distal end.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50591

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