Accession No
1947.2076 B
Description
Calcite bead. An irregular barrel shape with rough textured surface and slightly off-centre perforation. Sub-triangular cross-section.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2076 B; 1573 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Calcite
Local Term
Measurements
18mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Calcite irregular barrel - very rough surface.'
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 1947.2076 B: 'Irregular calcite barrel 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 1947.2076 B: 'Very roughly finished; Grey; Barrel, irregular.'
Event Date 29/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Calcite bead. An irregular barrel shape with rough textured surface and slightly off-centre perforation. Sub-triangular cross-section.
Event Date 30/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:32496
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