Accession No

1947.2056 B


Description

Bead; Amulet - Puzuza head (?). Groove indicates eyebrows; eyes drilled; ears and triangular nose carved in relief; incised line indicates mouth; part of neck (or beard) shown. Suspension hole at top. Reverse flat but with single deep vertical groove of uncertain function; White; Face


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Ur III


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2056 B; 1478 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: '3rd Dynasty 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 [B]: 'Face amulet of white shell. Puzuza [sic. Pazuzu]'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Puzuza head (?). Groove indicates eyebrows; eyes drilled; ears and triangular nose carved in relief; incised line indicates mouth; part of neck (or beard) shown. Suspension hole at top. Reverse flat but with single deep vertical groove of uncertain function; White; Face
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa


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