Accession No

1947.2045 B


Description

Made up of a grooved copper sheet folded over; Corroded; Copper; Cylindrical


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 B; 1369 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper


Local Term


Measurements

16mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'Copper bead made of sheet bent up so as to imitate a spiral wire bead.'
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 the 1925-1926 season.
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 1947.2045 [A-B]: 'Folded bronze or copper bead imitating a spiral wire band.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2045 B: 'Made up of a grooved copper sheet folded over; Corroded; Copper; Cylindrical'
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa


FM:32379

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