Accession No

1947.2054 B


Description

A double drop amulet bead of translucent grey and orange stone, perforated at the narrow end.


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 B; 1469 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Limestone


Local Term


Measurements

10mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Double drop pendant amulet. Limestone'
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: 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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2054 [B]: 'Limestone double drop pendant or amulet.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Analysis)
Slightly translucent so doubt if it is limestone.
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Grey and orange, translucent; Double drop
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A double drop amulet bead of translucent grey and orange stone, perforated at the narrow end.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32399

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