Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Frog amulet. Dark 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 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

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 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)
Cut from wedge shape. Back legs rendered by incised lines and shallow grooves. Two drilled holes represent eyes (or failed perforation). Perforated through mid-body; Green, dark; Frog
Event Date 20/4/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A dark steatite bead or amulet representing a frog. Back legs depicted with grooved lines and two drilled holes represent eyes. (or failed perforation). Perforated through the mid body.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter