Accession No

1947.2041 A


Description

Spacer bead made of carnelian with five perforations. Three transverse and one central longitudinal line on one face creating 8 squares.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2041 A; 1354 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Carnelian


Local Term


Measurements

17mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: '4 hole spacing bead, Carnelian [includes drawing of the bead'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


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: maa


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: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2041 A: 'Carnelian spacer bead with four perforations.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2041 A: 'Bead has 5 perforations. 3 horizontal lines and 1 vertical on one face, dividing it into a block of 8 squares; Red; Rectangular'
Event Date 14/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Spacer bead made of carnelian with five perforations. Three transverse and one central longitudinal line on one face creating 8 squares.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:32367

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