Accession No

1947.2125 B.5


Description

Oblate spheroid clear quartz bead. Glazed. Broken almost in half.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period


Source

Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.2125 B.5; 2053 e [Beck Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Quartz


Local Term


Measurements

7mm


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: 'Clear quartz glazed. Broken bead.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2125 B[.1-5]: 'One milk-glazed quartz bead and one similar pendant. Two clear quartz glazed beads and one clear glazed quartz pendant.'
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


Description (Physical description)
Oblate spheroid clear quartz bead. Glazed. Broken almost in half.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:299854

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