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: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
From the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Entry on catalogue card in Horace Beck's hand reads: 'Some are probably Neolithic.'
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
B: String of carnelian beads from Ur - some are probably Neolithic
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
String of 10 carnelian and 4 shell beads. Carnelian bead shapes include truncated short convex bicone, cylinder, rounded tube, cylinder disc, and annular. The larger tube-shaped carnelian bead has white glazing on the external and internal surfaces. Shell bead shapes include 3 annular and 1 rounded cylinder disc.
Event Date 14/9/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad