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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