Accession No
1947.2061 B
Description
Bead fragment, possibly made from onyx. Grey then white coloured band. Barrel shaped with an oval cross-section.
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 B; 1491 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Onyx
Local Term
Measurements
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: 'Ovoid(?) barrel zone bead.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2061 B: 'Broken; Grey with white stripe; Barrel in profile; oval in section.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2061 B: 'Broken onyx zone 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)
Bead fragment, possibly made from onyx. Grey then white coloured band. Barrel shaped with an oval cross-section.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32426
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