Accession No

1947.2123 B


Description

Fluted melon bead of dark amber glass.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Prehistoric


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2123 B; 1966 [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass


Local Term


Measurements

10mm Weight 0.00131kg


Events

Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck: 'Spg. 3.50'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Dark amber glass gadrooned short barrel bead.'
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: maa


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 B: 'Amber glass gadrooned bead. Not dated.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fluted melon bead of dark amber glass.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:131849

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