Accession No
1947.2031 C
Description
Two imperial beads; one small, unperforated, ellipsoid long barrel bead possibly of agate, and one partially perforated lapis lazuli bead.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
?Early Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2031 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Agate; Lapis lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Horace Beck notes in his catalogue card entries for '1947.2031 A-B' that two beads [1947.2031 C] were found together with '1947.2031 A-B'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley, possibly in 1925 or 1926.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2031 A [relating to 1947.2031 C]: 'small ellipsoid long barrel not perforated and odd lapis half perforated'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2031 B [relating to 1947.2031 C]: '2 imperial beads'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
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: Jane Pettitt
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card for 1947.2031 A [ regarding 1947.2031 C]: 'two unperforated beads'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Two imperial beads; one small, unperforated, ellipsoid long barrel bead possibly of agate, and one partially perforated lapis lazuli bead.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:299846
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