Accession No

1928.237 C


Description

Perforated incisor of a pig, possibly an ornament or pendant. Polished, and perforated through the centre 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 C; TS91 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Tooth; Incisor; Pig Incisor


Local Term


Measurements

58mm


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 (References)
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 incisor of a pig, polished, perforated at one end 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. TS91.
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)
Perforated incisor of a pig, possibly an ornament or pendant. Polished, and perforated through the centre at one end.
Event Date 8/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:50663

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