Accession No
1947.2066.6
Description
Carnelian pendant or bead. Rounded top with centred perforation and horizontal groove decoration beneath. Terminal tapering to point with ovoid cross-section. Light pink and grey 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
1947.2066.6; 1514 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
15mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Carnelian pendant, inverted drop?'
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 1947.2066.6: 'Horizontal groove near top; Pink; Drop, inverted.'
Event Date
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)
Carnelian pendant or bead. Rounded top with centred perforation and horizontal groove decoration beneath. Terminal tapering to point with ovoid cross-section. Light pink and grey in colour.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32447
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