Accession No
1999.84
Description
26 very small white beads made of stone; mostly annular in shape, one lozenge shaped with a flat cross-section, and one tubular bead.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1999.84
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
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 possibly in the 1928-1929 season.
Event Date 1928
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 reads: 'Ur 1928-9'.
Event Date 2/9/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Many tiny white beads.
Event Date 2/9/2009
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
26 very small white beads made of stone; mostly annular in shape, one lozenge shaped with a flat cross-section, and one tubular bead.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:259780
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