Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'String of quartz beads or pendants'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Historic description: 'String of quartz beads and pendants from Ur, of various dates and no particulars as to where from'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1927.
Event Date 1927
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: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2048[.1-3]: 'Three beads taken from a string of quartz beads and pendants'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
White, milky; Pear
Event Date 15/1/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A pear shaped quartz bead, perforated at the narrow end.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter