Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley, possibly in 1925 or 1926.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'String of Quartz beads - some clear, some milky. Clear beads are chipped. Milky are with fine polish. 1 Lapis and one agate also.
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Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '...Early Period ?'.
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Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'These were found altogether together with portion of Hand amulet [1947.2031 B], a small ellipsoid long barrel, not perforated, and [an] odd lapis, half-perforated'.
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Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Labels & Markings)
Historic label with hand written text in black ink reads: 'V [indecipherable]. found together with odd pieces'.
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Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2031 A:' String of 22 quartz beads, one agate and one lapis...'.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Horace Beck and donated by his widow, Gundred Beck, in 1947. See Horace Beck’s handwritten catalogue, classified by region (WO1/1/2).
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card for 1947.2031 A:'...found together with [1947.2031] B and two unperforated beads'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
String of 24 beads; 22 of quartz, one flattened barrel agate bead and one annular steatite bead. Of the quartz beads, three are spherical, 18 are broadly annular and one is cylindrical.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt