Accession No
1947.2066.2
Description
Drop pendant or bead made from possibly alabaster or carnelian agate. Irregular in shape with centred perforation at top. Banded with grey and orange colouring.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2066.2; 1510 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Alabaster
Local Term
Measurements
14mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2066.2: 'Grey and orange; Tooth.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Tooth? Pendant. Alabaster.'
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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2066[.1-10]: 'Eleven drop pendants of amazonite, alabaster, agate, shell, carnelian, faience, steatite and limestone.'
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: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Drop pendant or bead made from possibly alabaster or carnelian agate. Irregular in shape with centred perforation at top. Banded with grey and orange colouring.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Amendments / updates)
1947.2066.2 was recorded by Horace Beck as being '?Tooth'. Upon closer analysis this object does not appear to be a tooth and has been identified as possibly alabaster or carnelian agate.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32443
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