Accession No

1947.2124 F


Description

Obidian bead. Triangular with central perforation countersunk on both sides.


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

1947.2124 F; 2027 F [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Obsidian


Local Term


Measurements

13mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Triangular disc bead. Double cone perforation looks very early.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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)
Catalogue card description for 1947.2124 [A-G]: 'Thirteen obsidian beads of various shapes and dates though some are thought to be of the early period.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa


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


Context (Analysis)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested this obsidian (1947.2124) using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material.
Event Date 20/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Obidian bead. Triangular with central perforation countersunk on both sides.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:299851

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