Accession No
1928.235.6
Description
Small stone chisel or axe. Straight cutting edge; flat sides with a lenticular cross-section; flat butt with a large chip. Ground surfaces. Grey stone.
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
1928.235.6
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card.
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: Esther Laver
Context (Field collection)
Stratum I. 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: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Small worked piece of stone, chisel shaped. Function: stone tool. Yellowish grey.
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: Esther Laver
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: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Small stone chisel or axe. Straight cutting edge; flat sides with a lenticular cross-section; flat butt with a large chip. Ground surfaces. Grey stone.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:50655
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