Accession No
1947.2055.5
Description
A white faience bead or amulet representing a frog. Legs delineated through carved sides and short grooves, and eyes indicated by two shallow drill holes. Perforated through mid body. 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
1947.2055.5; 1476 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
24mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Frog amulet. Faience.'
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 1927.
Event Date 1927
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. Ridge along back. Eyes(?) indicated by two shallow drill holes. Perforated through mid-body; Broken; White; Frog
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A white faience bead or amulet representing a frog. Legs delineated through carved sides and short grooves, and eyes indicated by two shallow drill holes. Perforated through mid body. One back foot missing.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32417
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