8129

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Object TypePins

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number05: 1926-1927

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number8129

Description (Modern)Copper pin with fluted ball head. Shaft is straight. Pin is bent over on top of lapis to keep it in place.

Description (Catalog Card)Pin Copper. Ribbed lapis ball bead head. Broken in 2 pieces. End missing. Head held fast by thin piece of copper passing through the ball bead and bent over the top.Woolley's description

Description (Archival)CBS Register: copper pin with lapis head. length 101 mm

Find Context (Catalog Card)from PG 158 TTE

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17482

Measurement (Catalog Card)L 014 Thickness at top 0004

Measurement (Diameter)4Shaft

Measurement (Diameter)11Lapis

Measurement (Length)96.0

Measurement (Thickness)6.0

Measurement (X)96

Measurement (X)11Lapis

Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample Number 5