Accession No
1947.2126 A
Description
Rectangular quartz barrel bead, possibly frosted, glazed and polished.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric 3500 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2126 A; 2055 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Quartz; ?Glaze
Local Term
Measurements
9mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Rectangular barrel probably from Royal Graves 3500 BC. Frosted? Has been glazed and was probably a polished specimen which has got nibbled.'
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 ?1927-1928.
Event Date 1927
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 description for 1947.2126 A: 'Rectangular barrel quartz bead, probably from Royal Grave, 3500 BC. ?Frosted and possibly glazed and polished.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
From Royal Grave; Date: - 3500 BC.
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa
FM:52927
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