Accession No

1947.2042 B


Description

Steatite cone pendant. Horizontal and vertical double perforation at the largest, top terminal. Tapers to a point; tip broken.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2042 B; 1363 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Steatite; Stone


Local Term


Measurements

39mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Pendant steatite. Cone pendant perforated at large end.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: 'XXII.B.5.b'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


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 or 1926.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2042 B: 'Steatite cone pendant 1 1/2" long.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins


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: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2042 B: 'Double perforation through top, single through side. Tapers to point at bottom; Grey, dark; Cone.'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Steatite cone pendant. Horizontal and vertical double perforation at the largest, top terminal. Tapers to a point; tip broken.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32373

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