Context (Related Documents)
Old label reads: '1293'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: '1 octagonal bicone [illegible] (S), 1 octagonal bicone on coloured string (S), 1 roughly circular bicone (S), 1 oblate medium (S), 1 oblate very small (S), 1 barrel - roughly triangular (S). All in red clear glass "S" very fine colour'
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Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Historic description: '2 black, 3 red beads. Old label: "conical holes".'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley possibly in the 1925-1926 or 1926-1927 season.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

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: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
The old label reads '1293' which is the Beck Collection number. The Beck catalogue card also lists the museum number as 1947.2685. The number is from a run of IDNOs which were never added to the database, resulting in this object being incorrectly reaccessioned as 1999.83. This number has now been added to the MAA numbers field, and the corrected IDNO updated.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Beck catalogue card lists 6 beads, but only 5 were found on the string. However, it is not clear which bead is missing. As such the object number has been updated.
Event Date 22/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
String of five beads made of red glass; two bicone beads, one very small oblate bead, one medium oblate bead, and one roughly triangular barrel bead.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley