Accession No
1947.2054 A
Description
Lapis lazuli amulet or spacer bead in the shape of a shell with three perforations at the bottom.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2054 A; 1468 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
16mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Shell amulet or spacing bead in lapis.'
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 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2054 [A]: 'Lapis shell amulet or spacing bead.'
Event Date 1946
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 (Physical description)
3 perforations so possibly a spacer bead; Blue; Spiral shell
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Lapis lazuli amulet or spacer bead in the shape of a shell with three perforations at the bottom.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32398
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