Accession No

1947.2067 C


Description

Clay hand amulet with five grooved lines representing fingers. Sub-triangular in shape with rounded edges. Centred perforation at top. Sloped cross-section.


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 C; 1519 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Clay


Local Term


Measurements

27mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Hand amulet.'
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 1927.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2067 C: 'Clay hand amulet.'
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 C: 'Scored lines indicate fingers; Green, light; Wedge with rounded edges.'
Event Date 1/6/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Clay hand amulet with five grooved lines representing fingers. Sub-triangular in shape with rounded edges. Centred perforation at top. Sloped cross-section.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32455

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