Accession No
1999.56
Description
71 very small blue beads, possibly made of lapis lazuli. Most are barrel shape, with a few spherical and a few disc shaped.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1999.56
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Stone; ?Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
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
Context (Field collection)
Old label: Royal Cemeteries 1927-9 [label not seen as part of the 2020 stores move project.]
Event Date 18/8/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Many tiny blue beads.
Event Date 18/8/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
71 very small blue beads, possibly made of lapis lazuli. Most are barrel shape, with a few spherical and a few disc shaped.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:259736
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