Accession No
1947.2051 C
Description
A faience oval shaped spacer bead with two perforations.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2051 C; 1455 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Faience
Local Term
Measurements
17mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Faience ' date stone' spacer bead
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Faience date stone spacing bead.'
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: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1947.2051 [C]: 'Faience date stone spacing bead.
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: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two perforations. Incised line in imitation of date stone; Cream; Date stone
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A faience oval shaped spacer bead with two perforations.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32391
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