Context (Field collection)
Old label reads: '1381 Ur.'
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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. 
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Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: '1 square barrel bead. Black and white glass (Zoned or Spiral) 1 short cylinder bead. Black with white spiral. 2 small oblate beads'
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

Description (Physical description)
Historic description: '5 black/striped beads.'
Event Date 2/9/2009
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Beck catalogue card lists 4 beads, but 5 were found in the box; there is an additional oblate bead. As such the object number has been updated.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Five beads made of black glass. One square barrel bead decorated with a white spiral, one cylinder bead decorated with a spiral, and three small oblate beads.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
The old label reads '1381' which is the Beck Collection number. The Beck catalogue card also lists the museum number as 1947.2692. The number is from a run of IDNOs which were never added to the database, resulting in this object being incorrectly reaccessioned as 1999.85. This number has now been added to the MAA numbers field, and the corrected IDNO updated.
Event Date 23/9/2022
Author: Sam Daisley