Accession No

1947.2062


Description

Two circular discs or plaques made from green, grey faience. Each have two parallel grooves on one side. One disc has a partial, circular perforation on the opposite side.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2062; 1494 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience; Glass


Local Term


Measurements

20mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '2 greenish faience circular plaques with two grooves in one side.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'The use of them is uncertain.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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: maa


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: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2062: 'Two greenish faience discs with two grooves on one side. 3/4 " diameter.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
Function uncertain. Each has two parallel grooves across one face which may have been keying points.
Event Date 17/05/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two circular discs or plaques made from green, grey faience. Each have two parallel grooves on one side. One disc has a partial, circular perforation on the opposite side.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32430

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