Accession No

1928.226


Description

Worked antler tine. Partially polished. Proximal end worked, with circular perforation. Part of proximal end missing.


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

1928.226; TS479 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Antler Tine


Local Term


Measurements

111mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS479 in top right hand corner of card 283.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Torszeg 479. Stratum XVI'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Field collection)
Stratum XVI. 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, evidence of a perforation. Function: ?something to do with horses.
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. Partially polished. Proximal end worked, with circular perforation. Part of proximal end missing.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50620

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