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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