Accession No
1947.2039.3
Description
Spacer bead of red carnelian in the form of a long flat rectangle with a circular countersunk perforation at each end.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Early Dynastic Ur I
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2039.3; 1351 C [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
11mm x 4mm x 26mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'C. Carnelian bead.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck catalogue card reads: '1st Dynasty of Ur.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1925.
Event Date 1925
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2039: 'Carnelian spacer bead.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
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: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Spacer with two perforations; Red; Rectangular, flat
Event Date 12/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Spacer bead of red carnelian in the form of a long flat rectangle with a circular countersunk perforation at each end.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:32362
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