Accession No
1947.2122 C
Description
String of 22 annular blue faience beads.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric 1600 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2122 C; 1930 c [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck Catalogue card: 'String of about 24 blue faience beads.'
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: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2122 [A-C]: 'Eleven red faience, 22 yellow and white and 22 blue faience small beads. These probably date before 1600 BC'
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)
Date: - ?1600 BC; ?Pre.
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
String of 22 annular blue faience beads.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:299857
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