Accession No
1947.2064 D
Description
White shell bead or amulet. Sub-rectangular with triangular notches; irregular in shape with a central perforation.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2064 D; 1503 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
17mm
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: 'Amulet? Shell.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2064 D: 'White; Irregular ' Sigma'.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2064: 'Shell bead or amulet?'
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)
White shell bead or amulet. Sub-rectangular with triangular notches; irregular in shape with a central perforation.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32439
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