Accession No
1947.2055.4
Description
A white shell bead or amulet representing a frog. Groove down centre of body, and legs depicted through carved sides and delineated by short grooves. Not perforated. One back foot missing.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2055.4; 1475 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
19mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Frog amulet. Shell - not perforated.'
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)
Schematically rendered frog. Back legs cut out and indicated by incised lines. Single groove down length of body. Eyes represented by shallow short grooves. Not perforated; Broken; White; Frog
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A white shell bead or amulet representing a frog. Groove down centre of body, and legs depicted through carved sides and delineated by short grooves. Not perforated. One back foot missing.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32416
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