Accession No
1947.2067 B.2
Description
Bulla pendant made from white stone. Lenticular in shape with a perforated loop at top for suspension. Two shallow irregular chips, possibly drill holes, one above the other, on one face.
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.2; 1518 b [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
14mm
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.2: 'Two shallow irregular chips, possibly drill holes, one above the other, on one face. Perforated stone loop; 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. Two shallow irregular chips, possibly drill holes, one above the other, on one face.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32454
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