Accession No
1947.2056 C
Description
Bead; Amulet - 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 C; 2300 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Head carved in shell.'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: '3rd Ur Dynasty'
Event Date
Author: maa
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 [C]: 'Head carved in shell'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (CMS Description)
White; Face
Event Date 22/4/1988
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 the 1931-1932 season.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32421
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