Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'B 1 complete segmented bead 4 segments and two fragmented ones.
B. fragment of black segmented bead originally glazed black on black core'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2191 A-C: 'B = 3 segments black faience beads. ?Have originally had blue glaze'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by the British Museum expedition (1927-1931), directed by Reginald Campbell Thompson possibly in 1929 or1930
Event Date 1929
Author: maa

Context (References)
Beck, H.C. (1931). ‘Beads from Nineveh’. Antiquity, vol 5(20). pp. 427-437
Event Date 1931
Author: Sam Daisley

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: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.2191 B[.1-3]: 'Three segmented black faience beads. ?Have originally had blue glaze. ?Jemdet Nasr Period. Bead layer'
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Tubular bead of black faience with a black glazed surface; surface is segmented and the bead is broken at one end.
Event Date 17/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley