Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley. 
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Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'before 3000 BC.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Production / use)
Date: ?3300 BC; ?2900 BC.
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Half an engraved limestone bead. Man feeding animals.'
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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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2043: 'Half an engraved limestone bead with design of man feeding animals.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Drilled design showing forelegs and horns of animal and adjacent fish(?) motif; Broken; White; Hemi-spherical
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Half of a hemispherical-shaped stamp seal bead of white limestone. Drilled engraving on the flat surface of the hemisphere shows the forelegs, long neck, and horned head of an animal, with a small engraving to the right, possibly of a human figure. There are two patches of red pigment on the domed surface of the hemisphere. The drilled hole of the bead is parallel to the flat side.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad