Accession No
1947.2058.1
Description
A bead made from a grey coloured stone in the shape of an animal head, with drilled holes for eyes and triangular ears. Perforation in between animal ears.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2058.1; 1481 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Jasper
Local Term
Measurements
16mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Animal head? Amulet. Grey stone.'
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
Context (Auction / Sale)
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 1947.2058[.1]: 'Two animal head amulets of grey stone.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Drilled holes for eyes; carved snout; ears (?) represented by cut triangles; Grey; Hogs head
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A bead made from a grey coloured stone in the shape of an animal head, with drilled holes for eyes and triangular ears. Perforation in between animal ears.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32404
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