Accession No
1947.2111 F
Description
String of small steatite beads.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric 3500 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2111 F; 1418 e [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Steatite; Stone
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: maa
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'String of excessively small shell (crossed through) steatite beads. They have the smallest perforation I have seen drilled.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1947.2111 E: 'A string of excessively small steatite beads was found in this grave (Mr Beck's 1418 e) but has not yet been traces.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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: Lily Stancliffe
FM:299845
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