Accession No
1947.2046
Description
Eye bead of dark yellow glass with small black lines on one side. The bead has a cylinder core and six raised 'eyes' in the form of annular beads. Three annular beads are attached at equal distances around each end of the cylinder core.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2046; 1383 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
9mm x 9mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Eye bead of yellow glass made with 6 raised eyes of same colour, each wound into a small annular bead as applied. Small black marks in the glass on one side only.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: 'This type of eye bead made from one glass is not known elsewhere to my knowledge.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2046: 'Eye bead of yellow glass with six raised eyes.'
Event Date 1947
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)
The main part of the bead is cylindrical. Three pairs of 'eyes on stalks' have been stuck on; Yellow; Cylindrical.
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Eye bead of dark yellow glass with small black lines on one side. The bead has a cylinder core and six raised 'eyes' in the form of annular beads. Three annular beads are attached at equal distances around each end of the cylinder core.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:32380
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