Accession No

1947.2040 C


Description

Fragment of a long barrel bead of banded onyx. White band in the centre with a dark brown band either side. Broken at both ends.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2040 C; 1362 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Onyx


Local Term


Measurements

12mm x 21mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Barrel shaped onyx bead. Broken.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (References)
Note on Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'reconstructed and illustrated in paper.'
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 1925-1926 season. 
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2040 A-C: 'C. Barrel shaped onyx bead. Broken. Zoned.'
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)
Broken; Brown, dark with white stripe; Elliptical
Event Date 12/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a long barrel bead of banded onyx. White band in the centre with a dark brown band either side. Broken at both ends.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:32366

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