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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