Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck Catalogue card: 'Elliptical barrel in purple black glass from Ur.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in ?1928-1929.
Event Date 1928
Author: Lily Stancliffe

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: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2123 A[.1-2]: 'Elliptical barrel bead of purple black glass (1939), and zone bead with white band on black base (1940). Not dated but probably before 600 BC'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Date: - ?600 BC; ?Pre
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Elliptical barrel bead of black glass. Flattened on two faces.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe