Accession No

1947.2058.2


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

1947.2058.2; 1482 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Jasper


Local Term


Measurements

15mm


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 (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 1947.2058[.2]: 'Two animal head amulets of grey stone.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (CMS Description)
Drill holes for eyes; snout carved; 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:32405

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