Accession No
1947.2059 D
Description
A brown alabaster or limestone bead, of triangular shape with rounded cross section, pierced longitudinally through the centre.
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 D; 1488 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Alabaster; ?Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
28mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Terminal bead - lenticular cone - alabaster or limestone.'
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 the 1926-1927 season.
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 [D]: 'Lenticular cone, terminal bead of alabaster or limestone.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Brown; Wedge in profile; lenticular in profile
Event Date 21/1/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A brown alabaster or limestone bead, of triangular shape with rounded cross section, pierced longitudinally through the centre.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32409
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