Accession No
1947.2064 E
Description
Bead made from a shell (Pusiostoma mendicaria). Brown and white in colour with spiralling apex. Perforated near centre.
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 E; 1504 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
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
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Shell bead.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
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: maa
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2064 E: 'Bead made from a shell (Puriostama Mendicarzia); Brown and white; Shell spiral.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2064 E: 'Bead made from a shell (Puriostama Mendicarzia).'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Bead made from a shell (Pusiostoma mendicaria). Brown and white in colour with spiralling apex. Perforated near centre.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32440
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