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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