Accession No

1947.2067 B.1


Description

Bulla pendant made from white stone. Lenticular in shape with a perforated loop at top for suspension.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2067 B.1; 1518 a [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

11mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Stone bulla.'
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 in 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2067 B[.1-2]: '2 stone Bulla pendants.'
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)
Historic description for 1947.2067 B.1: 'Loop of stone at top for perforation; White; Circular in profile; lenticular in section.'
Event Date 1/6/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bulla pendant made from white stone. Lenticular in shape with a perforated loop at top for suspension.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32453

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