Accession No
1947.2052 A
Description
A carnelian seed vessel bead. Broken at one end; no perforation present.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2052 A; 1460 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
11mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Broken seed vessel amulet.'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: 'Not dated but probably from same period as 1282, ie. 2000 BC'
Event Date
Author: maa
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: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2052: 'Seed vessel pendant. Carnelian.'
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)
Broken; Red; Poppy seed
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A carnelian seed vessel bead. Broken at one end; no perforation present.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32392
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