Accession No
1947.2193 A.5
Description
Tooth bead.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Nineveh
Period
?Jemdet Nasr Period 3500 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Campbell Thompson, Reginald [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2193 A.5; 2108 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay; Quartz; Crystal
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2193[.1-5]: '5 tooth beads. Imitation tooth from the bead layer at Nineveh. A great number of them were found and a great many more parts- the large quartz pieces. They are probably very early.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by the British Museum expedition (1927-1931), directed by Reginald Campbell Thompson.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Beck, H.C. (1931). ‘Beads from Nineveh’. Antiquity, vol 5(20). Pp. 427-437
Event Date 1931
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2193 A[.1-5]: 'Five tooth beads. Probably Jemdet Nasr Period from bead layer.'
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)
All 1947.2193 are probably Jemdet Nasr Period, i.e. before 3500 BC
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa
FM:299860
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