Accession No
1947.2193 C.4
Description
Inverted drop pendant. Bicolour faience - black-and-red.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; 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 C.4; 2110 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card for 1947.2193 C[.1-4]: '4 bicolour faience inverted drop pendants. 1. black and white, perhaps originally black and yellow. 3. black and red, perhaps originally blue and red.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
Likely 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 description for 1947.2193 C[.1-4]: 'Four inverted drop pendants. Bicolour faience - 3 black-and-red, 1 black-and-white.'
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:299863
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