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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten tag affixed by string reads: '907'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Cylinder seal. Scene, a divine speron and worshipper.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck's card for this seal (No. 907) dates it to the 'third dynasty of UR' and gives that date as 2250-2150 BC, but the subsequent museum catalogue card gives the date as 2278-2170 BC.
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2107 B: 'Stone cylinder seal. Divine being and worshiper.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Stone cylinder seal, perforated longitudinally for suspension. Divine being and worshiper.
Event Date 30/11/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)