Accession No

1947.2055.1


Description

A black steatite amulet bead representing a frog, or animal head, with a grooved line longitudinally along the middle and angular carved sides. Perforation through the narrow end.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2055.1; 1472 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Steatite; Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Frog amulet. Black 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)
Schematically rendered hog's head. Perforation through square-sectioned snout. Incised line down middle of head; Green, dark; Hogs head
Event Date 20/4/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A black steatite amulet bead representing a frog, or animal head, with a grooved line longitudinally along the middle and angular carved sides. Perforation through the narrow end.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2055[.1-6]: 'Five frog amulets of steatite, limestone, shell and faience... Also one ?fluorite frog pendant.'
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32413

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