Accession No
1947.2196.4
Description
White stone pendant bead, broadly drop-shaped, flattened and perforated at the broader end. Historic damage to pointed tip.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Nineveh
Period
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Campbell Thompson, Reginald [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2196.4; 2122 [Beck Coll.]; AB 27/33 [?Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
15mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
White stone pendant bead, broadly drop-shaped, flattened and perforated at the broader end. Historic damage to pointed tip.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by the British Museum expedition (1927-1931), directed by Reginald Campbell Thompson.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Pick shaped pendant in shell or limestone'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (References)
Beck, H.C. (1931). 'Beads from Nineveh'. Antiquity, vol 5(20). pp. 427-437
Event Date 1931
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2196[.1-7] :'Seven pendants or amulets mostly from the bead layer at Nineveh. They include a pick-shaped pendant of black faience (Beck No.2119); a bird amulet of faience (Beck No.2120; shell amulet (Beck No.2121); pick-shaped pendant of shell or limestone (Beck No.2122); two drop pendants of limestone (Beck No.2123-24); and black ?sandstone pendant (Beck No.2125)...'.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1947.2196[.1-7] :'...Mostly from the 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: Jane Pettitt
FM:299869
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