Accession No

1999.54


Description

Small model of a white urn made of clay or faience.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1999.54


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term


Measurements

17mm


Events

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: Sam Daisley


Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Horace Beck and donated by his widow, Gundred Beck, in 1947 [apparently only accessioned in 1999]. See Horace Beck’s handwritten catalogue, classified by region (WO1/1/2). 
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Tiny white urn in clay or faience.
Event Date 12/8/2009
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small model of a white urn made of clay or faience.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:259733

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