Accession No
1947.2049 B
Description
Three rectangular stone spacer beads with five perforations, possibly made of slate.
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 B; 1425 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Slate
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '3 spacing beads of slate? with 5 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 [B]: '3 ?slate spacing beads with 5 perforations.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
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 (CMS Description)
5 perforations; Grey; Rectangular
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa
FM:32388
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