Accession No

1947.2034.5


Description

Carnelian hammer bead pendant, with a small centrally perforated 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

1947.2034.5; 1282 e [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Carnelian


Local Term


Measurements

9mm


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '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 (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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2034.5: '1. Carnelian hammer pendant'.
Event Date 1947
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)
Red; Hammer
Event Date 15/12/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Carnelian hammer bead pendant, with a small centrally perforated socket.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:32334

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