Accession No

1947.2040 B


Description

Fragment of a green-blue bead, possibly of faience, with four embedded ring and dot decorations comprising a central yellow circle surrounded by concentric rings of red, white and blue. Possibly a fragment of a barrel bead.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Ur III


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2040 B; 1353 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Faience


Local Term


Measurements

18mm x 11mm x 22mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Green faience bead, tabular? barrel bead with four ring and dot ornaments.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Production / use)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card: '3rd 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. 
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1937.2040 A-C: 'B. Green faience bead and tabular barrel bead with ring and dot ornament.'
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)
Four roundels (or eyes). Inner ring yellow, then red, white and blue rings; Broken; Green; Cylindrical
Event Date 12/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a green-blue bead, possibly of faience, with four embedded ring and dot decorations comprising a central yellow circle surrounded by concentric rings of red, white and blue. Possibly a fragment of a barrel bead.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:32365

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