Accession No

1928.228


Description

Small cubical sherd of dark grey burnished ware with the beginnings of a body. Possibly the base of a footed vessel.


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

1928.228; TS476 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Torszeg 476. Stratum XVI'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: '476'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS476 in top right hand corner of card 279.
Event Date
Author: maa


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


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


Description (Physical description)
Cube of solid pottery with the beginnings of a body. Function: probably the base of a footed vessel Very dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.3/1).
Event Date 1928
Author: maa


Context (References)
See Gimbutas (1965) illustration.
Event Date 1965
Author: Danlei Zhou


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)
Small cubical sherd of dark grey burnished ware with the beginnings of a body. Possibly the base of a footed vessel.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50624

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