Accession No
1947.2063 D
Description
Amulet depicting a duck, made from white faience. Pierced vertically through tail section.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2063 D; 1498 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
13mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Duck? Amulet in white faience.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2063 D: 'Crudely shaped, with extended neck. Pierced vertically through tail; White; Duck.'
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 D: 'Faience duck amulet.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Amulet depicting a duck, made from white faience. Pierced vertically through tail section.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32434
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