Accession No
1947.2044 C
Description
Mammalian long bone, possibly a handle rather than a bead.
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 C; 1367 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'Bone bead or handle from leg bone of large bird??'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Bone bead or handle. Possibly from a bird's leg bone.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Historic description: 'Mammalian long bone; possibly a handle rather than a bead; Tubular'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa
FM:32377
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