Accession No
1947.2041 C.2
Description
Spacer bead with three perforations; square profile and an oval cross-section.
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 C.2; 1356 B [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
11mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'Shell spacing beads B. 3 perforations 40x45x12'
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-D reads: 'Shell spacing bead with 3 perforations.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Historic description: '3 perforations; White; Rectangular in profile; oval in section'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Spacer bead with three perforations; square profile and an oval cross-section.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:32370
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