Accession No

1947.2071 A


Description

Annular ring of light coloured shell. Possibly a finger ring.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

?Early Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2071 A; 1548 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell


Local Term


Measurements

21mm


Events

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: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Finger ring? Shell.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1947.2071 A: '?Finger ring of shell.'
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: maa


Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2071 A: 'White; Ring.'
Event Date 22/6/1988
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Annular ring of light coloured shell. Possibly a finger ring.
Event Date 30/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:32475

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