Accession No
1947.2034.3
Description
Two carnelian seed vessel bead pendants.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2034.3; 1282 c [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '2 seed vessels Carnelian'.
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 (Found together / assemblage)
Horace Beck catalogue card:' [regarding 1947.2034.1-5]... all found together. 2000-2200 BC'
Event Date
Author: maa
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: Jane Pettitt
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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2034.3: '2 Carnelian seed vessel pendants'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Red; Seed
Event Date 15/12/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two carnelian seed vessel bead pendants.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:32332
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