Accession No
1999.59
Description
Very small, narrow ellipsoidal bead made of white faience.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1999.59
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
6mm
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)
One tiny tubular bead, whitish, perhaps faience.
Event Date 20/8/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Very small, narrow ellipsoidal bead made of white faience.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:259739
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