Accession No
1929.512 B
Description
String of 60 lapis lazuli beads. Bead shapes include truncated bicone, cylinder, barrel, oblate, and elliptical.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric ?3500 BC
Source
British Museum [donor]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1929.512 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Lapis Lazuli
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.
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: 'Supposed to date to 3500 BC.'
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
B: Smaller string of Lapis Lazuli beads
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
String of 60 lapis lazuli beads. Bead shapes include truncated bicone, cylinder, barrel, oblate, and elliptical.
Event Date 14/9/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:287031
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