Deepenings

Museum of: Budapest

Name of the artefact: Askhos

A horizontal oval-shaped vessel on a stand-ring.

WHERE IS IT AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

STATE

Department:

Department of Prehistoric and Migration Period

Preservation:

Very good

Inventory number:

BTM 68.8.2.

Restauration:

Restored

Name of the artefact:

Askhos

Completeness:

Complete

Object type:

Animal figurine

Material:

Clay

Methof of manufacture:

Firing

Decoration type:

Incision

Distinctive mark:

DIMENSIONS

PERIOD OF USE

Length (mm):

Epoque:

Bronze Age

Heigth (mm):

Culture:

Urnfield culture

Diameter (mm):

38 (of bottom)

Period:

Late Bronze Age

Width (mm):

126

Face:

Late

Thickness (mm):

Absolute chronology:

1250-800 BC

Weight (g):

DISCOVERY

Date:

1968

Country:

Hungary

District:

Budapest, III

Town hall affiliation:

Village:

Discovery findspot:

Királyok útja (Vöröshadsereg útja)

Condition of discovery:

Archaeological excavation

Discovery type:

Grave

ANALYSES – DETERMINATIONS

FILLED IN BY

Type:

Name:

Gábor Szilas

Laboratory:

Institution:

Budapest History Museum

No./Code:

Date:

20/10/2005

DEEPENINGS

Morphology of the object:

A horizontal oval-shaped vessel on a stand-ring. Its cylindrical neck rises diagonally upwards from the sides of the vessel, connected to the body by a handle that reaches under the rim of the vessel, forming a round-cornered triangle shape. Opposite the handle, a horizontally placed flat knob can be found.

Decoration:

The neck and body of the vessel, as well as the curved backline, is decorated with incised bundles of lines.

Inscription:

Analogies:

Interpretation:

The so-called askhoses were artefacts strongly connected to the religious beliefs of the community. It may not be a coincidence that this vessel was found next to another piece of pottery containing eggs, stressing the symbolic vitality and potency represented by the two vessels.

Bibliography:

Kalicz-Schreiber, Rózsa: Die spätbronzezeitliche Gräberfeld in Budapest. Praehistorische Zeitschrift 1991. 161-196.