Accession No

1947.2045 A


Description

Barrel bead made of silver decorated with bobbles; eight rows with five bobbles each.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2045 A; 1368 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Silver


Local Term


Measurements

9mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Silver granulated bead. 5 rings of 8 granular each.'
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: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'XXV.A.1.a'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1947.2045 A: 'Granulated silver bead. 5 rings of granulation.'
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 1947.2045 A: 'Granulated bead made up of 8 rows of 5 granules each; Grey; Cylindrical.'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Barrel bead made of silver decorated with bobbles; eight rows with five bobbles each.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:32378

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