Accession No

1947.2067 E


Description

Stone pendant or bead, possibly made from black steatite. Irregular in shape with three faces decorated with intersecting, linear patterns. Perforation at one terminal connects to centred perforation along one edge.


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 E; 1523 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Steatite


Local Term


Measurements

13mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2067 E: 'Carved pendant.'
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 E: 'This has three faces. One is a convex, diamond shape with 5 vertical lines and 1 horizontal at top next to perforation. The other two triangular faces have a combined diamond pattern of incised lines. 'L' -shaped perforation; Black; Irregular.'
Event Date 1/6/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Stone pendant or bead, possibly made from black steatite. Irregular in shape with three faces decorated with intersecting, linear patterns. Perforation at one terminal connects to centred perforation along one edge.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32457

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