Accession No
1947.2063 B
Description
Bead or bell amulet made from faience. Inverted conical shape, pierced through apex with two parallel perforations. Decorated with horizontal band at base intersected by multiple vertical grooves.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2063 B; 1496 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
11mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Bell amulet. Blueish green faience.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2063 B: 'Bell amulet. Pierced through nose of cone; White; Cone.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1926.
Event Date 1926
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 1947.2063 B: 'Faience bell amulet.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Bead or bell amulet made from faience. Inverted conical shape, pierced through apex with two parallel perforations. Decorated with horizontal band at base intersected by multiple vertical grooves.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32432
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