Accession No

1947.2060 C


Description

A brown carnelian pyramid pendant bead, with perforation at the narrow end.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Prehistoric


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2060 C; 1489 [Beck coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Carnelian


Local Term


Measurements

40mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Carnelian axe pendant'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Analysis)
Note on Horace Beck's catalogue card reads: 'Mr Woolley suggests 1500-2000 BC B.C.'
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 1927.
Event Date 1927
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 [C]: 'Carnelian axe pendant.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Beautifully finished flat axe with bevelled edges. Perforated at butt end; Red; Axe
Event Date 22/4/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A brown carnelian pyramid pendant bead, with perforation at the narrow end.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32424

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