Accession No

1947.2059 A


Description

A plano convex ivory bead with a cylindircal perforation.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2059 A; 1483 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

17mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Short convex cone bead. Ivory? Steatite?'
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 1947.2059 [A]: 'Hemispherical bead of ?Ivory or steatite.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (CMS Description)
Brown; Hemi-spherical
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A plano convex ivory bead with a cylindircal perforation.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32406

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