Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Face amulet. Blackstone. Pazuzu?'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: '3rd Dyn. of Ur. 2100 BC'
Event Date
Author: maa

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: 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 (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2056 [A]: 'Face amulet of black stone. Puzuza [sic. Pazuzu]'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Humbaba mask(?). Series of incised lines to indicate hair, forehead, cheeks, mouth and chin. Wide grin with rows of teeth incised. Raised dots for eyes. Perforated through top of head. Reverse flat; Black; Face
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
An amulet bead made from black coloured stone, representing a face, possibly a Humbaba mask, or the face of Pazuzu. Carved lines to represent hair, cheeks, and mouth with rows of teeth. Raised dots for eyes. Perforated through top of head. Flat on the reverse.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter