Accession No
1928.229.3
Description
Rim sherd with handle from a large, open vessel. Rounded, everted rim; short, constricted neck. A small strap handle runs from rim to body. Buff brown external surface, dark grey burnished internal surface, black core.
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
1928.229.3; TS469 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS469 in top right hand corner of card 274.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Torszeg 469. Strat 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)
Rim sherd, handle of a vessel, thin, coarse ware, burnished inside. Function: large handled vessel. Mostly dark grey, (Munsell colour 10yr.4/1). Decoration: handle (yellow) from rim.
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)
Rim sherd with handle from a large, open vessel. Rounded, everted rim; short, constricted neck. A small strap handle runs from rim to body. Buff brown external surface, dark grey burnished internal surface, black core.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:50627
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