489http://www165.123.244.137/subject/489/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypePinsSeason Number01: 1922-1923MaterialGoldMaterialWoodU Number456Description (Modern)Pin Head-Female Figure gold hair pin with statuette of priestess (4 pieces)CBS Register:Description (Catalog Card)Gold Figure and Pin. Figurine H. 0062., of thin gold on a core which has perished: female figure with hands clasped below breasts. Hair in vertical curls over forehead and coming down on shoulders in a heavy mass waved horizontally: features heavy showing Sumerian tradition. Edges of drapery not indicated. Below the waist the body is simply columnar with a raised rim edge where the feet should be. This was apparently mounted on a gold-plated wooden stick, 0.123 long., tapering downwards (c.f. Ephesus ivories). The metal and part of the wood remain.Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)Found with other gold objects, silver, bronze vessels, and beads, below the persian brick pavement in the E corner of TTB 5. Material (Catalog Card)WoodMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15241Measurement (Catalog Card)Total L. 0.158 ht .062 stick .123 long