Accession No

1947.2034.4


Description

One small pendant bead in the shape of a pick, possibly of frit. Blue-green appearance. The bead is 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

1947.2034.4; 1282 d [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Frit


Local Term


Measurements

8mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'a pick? Frit'.
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 1947.2034.4: '1 Frit pick pendant'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Pierced socket; Blue; Pick
Event Date 15/12/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
One small pendant bead in the shape of a pick, possibly of frit. Blue-green appearance. The bead is perforated vertically through the socket.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:32333

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