Accession No
1928.237 B
Description
Lower canine of a female pig, possibly an ornament or pendant. Polished, and drilled at one end.
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
1928.237 B; TS100 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tooth; Canine; Pig Canine
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads 'Toszeg, Stratum i. Bronze Age, Period iv' in black ink and '28.151, 157, 160, 236-7' added in blue ink.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
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)
Perforated lower canine of a female pig, polished, with hour-glass boring. Function: possibly as an ornament.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS100.
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)
Lower canine of a female pig, possibly an ornament or pendant. Polished, and drilled at one end.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:50662
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