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: 'Faience bell amulet with gadroon outside.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2063 A: 'This is hollow and pierced across and down the top of the ' bell' . It is decorated with a single band around the neck of the ' bell' and 15 vertical grooves (similar to gadroons); Buff; Bell'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2063 A: 'Faience bell amulet. Gadrooned outer surface.'
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 or hollow, bell shaped amulet made of faience. Perforated at the apex, with two further, parallel perforations beneath. Decorated with a horizontal groove at the neck, beneath which are 15 vertical grooves.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins