Accession No
1947.2079
Description
String of lapis lazuli beads and pendants.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Early Dynastic Ur I c. 3000 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2079; U.6798 [Excavation no.]; 1270 [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Analysis)
Horace Beck catalogue card reads: '1st Dynasty of Ur, about 3000 BC'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'String of blue lapis.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley during the 1925-1926 season.
Event Date 1925
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: 'String of lapis lazuli beads and pendants.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Display)
On display in Case 17 (lapis) in Colour: Art, Science & Power, LKS Gallery, MAA July 2022 - 23 April 2023.
Event Date 7/2022
Author: rachel hand
FM:52889
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