Accession No

1947.2061 A


Description

A flat alabaster spacer bead, of white colour, with rhomboid faces. Two perforations through flat faces.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2061 A; 1490 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Alabaster


Local Term


Measurements

20mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Alabaster or limestone spacing bead.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2061 A: 'Spacer Bead with two perforations through flat, rhomboid faces; White, milky; Rectangular in profile; rhomboid in section.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2061 A: 'Alabaster or limestone spacing bead.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins


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: maa


Description (Physical description)
A flat alabaster spacer bead, of white colour, with rhomboid faces. Two perforations through flat faces.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:32425

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