Accession No

1947.2034.2


Description

Two small adze pendant beads; one green, possibly faience, and one pink in appearance, possibly of jasper. Both beads are perforated vertically through the socket.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Prehistoric


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2034.2; 1282 b [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Faience; ?Stone; ?Jasper


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Horace Beck catalogue card: [regarding 1947.2034.1-5] all found together...2000-2200 BC'
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '2 adze Pendants Faience'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2034.1-5: '8 small amulets...'
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


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1947.2034.2:'...Date: 2000-2200 BC'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2034.2: '2 Faience adze pendants'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Each adze has a pierced socket; Pink, one example with green patches; Adze
Event Date 15/12/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two small adze pendant beads; one green, possibly faience, and one pink in appearance, possibly of jasper. Both beads are perforated vertically through the socket.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:32331

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