Context (Display)
1924.815 A-Z, with the exception of K.2 and R, were historically mounted on a display board labelled: 'Ain Shems, Palestine / Tomb V [Palestine Exploration Fund Annual II p.77] / Early Iron Age / Purchased by Curator from Dept. of Antiquities, Jerusalem. 1924'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Tomb V. Excavated by Duncan Mackenzie, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1910-1912; the field season when this object was excavated is currently unknown. 

Event Date 1910
Author: maa

Context (References)
Mackenzie, Duncan. (1913). ‘The Tombs of Beth-Shemesh’. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual, vol. 2. pp. 40-92. Plate: XLIII.12[?]
Event Date 1913
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Blue glass bead
Event Date 1924
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1924.815 A-Z: 'Group of small objects from Tomb V:
A: (M.683) Iron arrowhead.
B: Bronze figurine (J.120).
C-G: Faience figurines, Egyptian types (J.121-125).
H and I: Stone beads (J.126 and 127).
J: Part of bronze fibula (J.128).
K: Bronze ring and blue glass bead (J.129).
L and P: Small bronze bangles (J.131 and 135).
M and Q: two small strings of beads(J.132 and 136)
N and O: Blue faience eye amulets (J.133 and 134)
R: Small blue glazed dish (J.137).
S and T: Bronze pins (J.138 and 139).
U: Small bead (J.130).
V, W, X, Y and Z : Small bronze ornaments chiefly broken'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased from the Department of Antiquities, Jerusalem in 1924, see typescript list and correspondence (Doc.539). 
Event Date 1924
Author: Katrina Dring