Accession No

1947.2068 C


Description

Oblate, copper alloy bead with circular cross-section. One vertical, curvilinear groove at side. Corroded surface texture.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2068 C; 1526 [Coll. Beck]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper


Local Term


Measurements

14mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Oblate bronze bead. Corroded.'
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 description for 1947.2068 C: 'Corroded oblate bronze bead.'
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 1947.2068 C: 'Corroded; Green; Rectangular in profile; circular in section.'
Event Date 1/6/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Oblate, copper alloy bead with circular cross-section. One vertical, curvilinear groove at side. Corroded surface texture.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32459

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