Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Stalagmite bead. Short elliptical bareel with concave ends to fit spherical bead?'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Period uncertain, but probably Neolithic'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley during the 1928-1929 season.
Event Date 1928
Author: Katrina Dring

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: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card for 1947.2121 [A-C]: 'One of these is Mr.Beck' s No.1926 from 1928-29 excavations which he suggests is Neolithic, whatever that may mean, the others having been added to the string!'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2121 [A-C]: 'String of five stalagmite beads'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sub-rectangular tabular bead made from stalagmite. Banded in red, grey and yellow.
Event Date 30/9/2022
Author: Katrina Dring