Accession No

1928.234.8


Description

One base sherd from a vessel, possibly a bowl, of coarse fabric with a greyish brown external surface and a dark grey core. Inside surface has a charred patch. Vessel has a flat, thickened base and widely flaring walls, decorated externally with deep vertical scratches.


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

1928.234.8; TS514 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

65mm x 79mm Weight 0.1kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked on base '514.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS514.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label adhered to the object reads 'Toszeg 514. Strat: XVII. 28.234.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Field collection)
Stratum XVII. 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: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Base sherd of bucket/bowl shaped vessel, thick coarse ware. Function: large open bowl/bucket. Greyish brown, (Munsell colour 10yr.5/2). Decoration: heavily scratched vertical decoration from the base.'
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: Lizzy Peneycad


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: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
One base sherd from a vessel, possibly a bowl, of coarse fabric with a greyish brown external surface and a dark grey core. Inside surface has a charred patch. Vessel has a flat, thickened base and widely flaring walls, decorated externally with deep vertical scratches.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:50649

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