Accession No
1947.2044 B
Description
Two beads made of fish vertebra.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2044 B; 1366 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Fish Vertebra
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: '2 beads from fish vertebrae'
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 1925 or 1926
Event Date 1925
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 1947.2044 A-C reads: 'B= 2 beads made of fish vertebra.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Historic description: 'Bone; Fish Vertebra Bead'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two beads made of fish vertebra.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:32376
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