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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