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)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Shell spacer - broken / For 3 rows - end shaped to fit large spherical beads.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2069.1-13: '15 shell beads and amulets of different shapes.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card for 1947.2069.1-13: 'None are dated and it is not known from what year of the excavation these objects were recovered. Mr Beck's Nos 1528-1529, 1532-1542.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Katrina Dring

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: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Historic description: 'Three perforations (1 broken). Ends shaped to fit beads; Broken; White; Oval'
Event Date 7/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sub-rectangular spacer bead of shell. Three perforations, with edges hollowed to fit adjacent beads. One end broken at perforation but broken edges appear smooth indicating use after breaking.
Event Date 29/9/2022
Author: Katrina Dring