Accession No

1947.2066.4


Description

Drop pendant or bead made from alabaster. Centred perforation at rounded top, roughly oval cross-section with flaring, pointed terminal. White in colour.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2066.4; 1512 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Alabaster


Local Term


Measurements

19mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Alabaster drop pendant. Long elliptical section.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2066.4: 'White; Drop (straight-edged) in profile; rectangular in section.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


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)
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


Description (Physical description)
Drop pendant or bead made from alabaster. Centred perforation at rounded top, roughly oval cross-section with flaring, pointed terminal. White in colour.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32445

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