Accession No
1999.74
Description
Small stone bead possible made of carnelian or agate. Roughly bicone in shape, with the perforation bored transversally through the bead.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1999.74
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Carnelian; ?Agate
Local Term
Measurements
8mm
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 stone bead.
Event Date 1/9/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small stone bead possible made of carnelian or agate. Roughly bicone in shape, with the perforation bored transversally through the bead.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:259770
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