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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