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.19
Event Date 1913
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

Description (Physical description)
String of 23 beads and amulets of glass, stone and faience. Three tubular faience beads, one truncated conical red stone bead, one spherical black glass bead with a white stripe, one conical pendant bead of stone and two amulets of faience; other beads are spherical, some with ribs or grooves.
Event Date 15/9/2023
Author: Katrina Dring