Accession No
1947.2049 A.1
Description
A rectangular clay spacer bead with three perforations along the long edges.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2049 A.1; 1424 a [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay
Local Term
Measurements
33mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2049 [A.1]: 'Clay spacing bead. 3 perforations.'
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
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2049 [A.1-2]: '2 clay spacing beads, one with 2 and one with 3 perforations.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
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)
3 perforations; Grey; Rectangular
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A rectangular clay spacer bead with three perforations along the long edges.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32386
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