Accession No
1928.219
Description
Fragment of a perforated polished stone axe, diorite or dolorite. Sub-rectangular in cross-section, with tall sides tapering towards a sharp cutting edge.
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
1928.219; TS450 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Diorite; ?Dolorite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS450 in top right hand corner of card 267.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 450. Stratum XV'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Display)
Old handwritten display label found with objects reads in black ink: 'Toszeg, stratum xv. Bronze Age, Period i'.
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)
Part of a shaft hole axe, diorite, dolorite, blackish. Function: shaft hole axe.
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 (Analysis)
Petrological identification by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984: 'Diorite/dolorite'.
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: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a perforated polished stone axe, diorite or dolorite. Sub-rectangular in cross-section, with tall sides tapering towards a sharp cutting edge.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:50596
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