Accession No
1947.2032.6
Description
Drop-shaped pendant bead of red limestone. Perforated twice in close proximity, the overall perforation is 'L' shaped for suspension.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2032.6; 1281 f [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
23mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Pendant in red'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2032.1-16: '15 beads and pendants mounted on separate card. All are of limestone, steatite, calcite, diorite or stalagmite except for one of clay.'
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1926.
Event Date 1926
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
Description (Physical description)
Pendant or plumb-bob with ' L' -shaped perforation; Pink; Pear
Event Date 9/12/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Drop-shaped pendant bead of red limestone. Perforated twice in close proximity, the overall perforation is 'L' shaped for suspension.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:32320
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