Accession No
1947.2060 A
Description
A black shale pendant of flat, tear drop shape, with a cone perforation at the wide end.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2060 A; 1484 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Shale
Local Term
Measurements
26mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Plaque pendant of shale. Single cone perforation.'
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 the 1926-1927 season.
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 1947.2060 [A]: 'Arrow-head pendant of shale, with single cone perforation.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (CMS Description)
Flat with central perforation; Black; Pear
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A black shale pendant of flat, tear drop shape, with a cone perforation at the wide end.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:32422
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