Accession No
1947.2054 D
Description
A shell bead or amulet in the shape of a clenched fist, with incised lines to indicate fingers, and flat rectangular section representing a wrist. Perforated at the wrist.
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 D; 1471 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
15mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Clenched fist hand amulet. Shell'
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: 'Shell hand amulet'
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 (Physical description)
Incised lines indicate fingers; Brown; Clenched fist
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A shell bead or amulet in the shape of a clenched fist, with incised lines to indicate fingers, and flat rectangular section representing a wrist. Perforated at the wrist.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32401
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