Accession No
1947.2066.10
Description
Drop pendant or bead made from Carnelian. Roughly ovoid in shape with narrower upper section with centred perforation. Section broken and missing from top.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2066.10; 1521 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Carnelian drop pendant.'
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
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)
Historic description for 1947.2066.10: 'Red; Drop.'
Event Date 24/5/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Drop pendant or bead made from Carnelian. Roughly ovoid in shape with narrower upper section with centred perforation. Section broken and missing from top.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32451
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