Accession No
1947.2104 B
Description
Small faceted bicone bead made from lapis lazuli. Perforation is transverse between the cones.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2104 B; 1374 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
5mm
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: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Very small diamond bicone Lapis'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
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: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2104 B: 'Small diamond bicone lapis lazuli bead.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small faceted bicone bead made from lapis lazuli. Perforation is transverse between the cones.
Event Date 30/9/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:267589
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