Accession No
1947.2109 B
Description
Four silver bead fragments; two fused together. One fragmented lapis lazuli bead, and several fragments of sheet silver.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Early Period 3500 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2109 B; MAA: 1999.138 [Incorrect no.]; 1415 B [Beck Coll.]; U.8211 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver; Stone; Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: 'B. 4 silver beads and fragment of sheet silver and broken lapis bead from same grave - same reference no (in bottle?) [as 1947.2109 A]
Event Date
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)
Catalogue card for 1947.2109 [A-B] reads: 'String of 14 Carnelian and 12 lapis lazuli beads from Grave 159. This grave also contained hand ornaments with five lapis lazuli beads and 3 silver beads'
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Four silver bead fragments; two fused together. One fragmented lapis lazuli bead, and several fragments of sheet silver.
Event Date 19/10/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:299885
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