Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1947.2067 D: 'From Diqdiqqeh/Dikdikkeh.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Lizard? Amulet, steatite, broken, Dikdikkeh.'
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 1925.
Event Date 1925
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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2067 D: 'Broken ?Lizard pendant. Steatite.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2067 D: 'Shell of turtle clearly indicated by pattern of incised lines. Underbelly also has some scoring. Head missing. Perforated through side of body; Broken; Green and grey mottled; Turtle,'
Event Date 1/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Amulet depicting a reptile possibly a turtle or lizard; made from steatite with a grey, mottled colouring. Decorated with intersecting linear grooves on back and underbelly of reptile. Three limbs and a pointed tail protrude from body; circular perforation through side of body. Head, one limb and section of upper body missing.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins