Accession No

1947.2053 B


Description

An ellipsoid bead of white and green stone, possibly agate. Incomplete, possibly half missing.


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 B; 1463 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Agate


Local Term


Measurements

28mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of large ovoid in green and white agate ?
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Fragment of large ovoid (or lenticular) ellipsoid in green and white agate?'
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 1947.2053 B: 'Ovoid ellipsoid bead (broken) of green and white agate?'
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; Green and white; Ovoid
Event Date 20/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
An ellipsoid bead of white and green stone, possibly agate. Incomplete, possibly half missing.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32395

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