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: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card description: 'This bead is of a type and probably same period as a number from Kish- dated to Jamud Nasr period. i.e. 3000 BC. The perforation is blocked by a wooden material at one end- probably a root and at the other end by a piece of cord- made of several small strands combined (probably twisted) to form a large one. The small strands were twisted threads of Hemp? and one part natural colour, the 2nd red and 3rd a brown. This can be seen on slide 480.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Amendments / updates)
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 1947.2128: 'Large barrel bead of shell. The perforation was originally blocked by a wooden material (?root) at one end and by a piece of cord at the other, made of several small strands twisted into a cord. ?Hemp. The strands were coloured red, brown and natural.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Compare similar beads from Kish dated before 3000 BC.
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large barrel bead of shell. Tapered ends with wide perforation, one end broken.
Event Date 13/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe