Accession No
1947.2074.9
Description
Quartz drop pendant with centred perforation; slightly irregular in shape.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2074.9; MAA: ?TEMP.01922; 1568 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Quartz
Local Term
Measurements
10mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '2 Rough drop pendants - milky quartz'
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: 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 1947.2074[.1-9]: '7 quartz drop pendants; one conical quartz seal engraved with an eight-ray star; and six quartz beads of various shapes.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Amendments / updates)
Not located, second similar bead under this Beck number.
Event Date 22/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2074.9: 'White, milky; Oval, irregular.'
Event Date 22/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Quartz drop pendant with centred perforation; slightly irregular in shape.
Event Date 29/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32490
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