Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Elliptical barrel bead of obsidian?'
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 1927.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2059 [B]: 'Elliptical barrel bead of obsidian (?)'
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 (CMS Description)
Black; Elliptical
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested this obsidian bead (1947.2124 B) using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material.
Event Date 20/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
A black, elliptical bead, possibly of obsidian or steatite, pierced longitudinally through the centre.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter