Accession No
1947.2053 A
Description
An alabaster or calcite elliptical barrel bead with a round perforation through the centre.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2053 A; 1463 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Alabaster; ?Calcite
Local Term
Measurements
36mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Alabaster elliptical bead. Very large hole.'
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.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2053 [A]: 'Elliptical barrel bead of alabaster or calcite.'
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: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Large perforation; White; Elliptical
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
An alabaster or calcite elliptical barrel bead with a round perforation through the centre.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32394
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