Clasps
This category includes objects used to fasten clothing together.
Clasps come in many forms based on the clothing worn. Most of these clasps are found near the shoulders, illustrating clothing that was attached there. Other clasps are found at the waist. The size/shape of the clasps are not based on their placement. They can be straight like pins, or curved like fibula. They are made of metal and can have beads attached as a decoration.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20067 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 1. With ball head made of two pieces of shell and one of shale stuck together to imitate banded sard. |
| 17911H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) Gold frontlet. (B) 3 twisted gold hair ribbons [B and I-J], (C) 2 gold hair rings [C and K], spirally coiled with hollow lunate ends. (D) 2 necklaces [D and L], one of gold ribbed balls between agate lentoids, the other of flat agate lentoids, 1 flat barrel lapis lazuli, 2 carnelian bugles, 1 granite lentoid. 3 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 flat barrel amber. (E) Shell cylinder seal. Obscured. (F) Silver spiral finger ring (G) 2 silver bracelets (H) Silver pin, round with square tang |
| 18111C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Carnelian rings: amethyst double conoids, agate date-shaped and flat oval; blue paste date shaped; agate cylindrical; oval domical agate, large shell cylinder with roughly engraved winged gryphon? And minute carnelian balls, also [B] cylinder seal, glazed frit; a scorpion and a winged gryphon. Also fragments of a [C] copper fibula, bow type. |
| 18269C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and N] Pair of copper bracelets, penannular, square section with flattened papyrus ends. (B) Bangle of thin copper wire. (C) Copper fibula. [drawing] (D) Copper fibula thus [reference to drawing] pin missing. [drawing] (E) [E-O] 2 copper finger rings. (F) Bronze arrowhead, 3-flanged type. (G) Iron knife blade, straight and slender type. Broken. (H) Iron leaf-shaped blade, broken. (I) [I and P] [I] Bone spindle and [P] glazed whorl. (J) Shale amulet in form of bird. [drawing 1:1] (K) Beads: string of very small yellow glaze ring with 6 puzuzu heads of blue glazed frit and some black and white glass paste balls and one yellow pasted bead. (L) Beads: string of pink and white stone scaraboids, large shell disk, blue glaze puzuzu head, paste scaraboid, decorated, glass rings. (M) Beads: Stone beads, carnelian, sard, marble, limestone, rough. |
| 18269D | 33-35-90 | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and N] Pair of copper bracelets, penannular, square section with flattened papyrus ends. (B) Bangle of thin copper wire. (C) Copper fibula. [drawing] (D) Copper fibula thus [reference to drawing] pin missing. [drawing] (E) [E-O] 2 copper finger rings. (F) Bronze arrowhead, 3-flanged type. (G) Iron knife blade, straight and slender type. Broken. (H) Iron leaf-shaped blade, broken. (I) [I and P] [I] Bone spindle and [P] glazed whorl. (J) Shale amulet in form of bird. [drawing 1:1] (K) Beads: string of very small yellow glaze ring with 6 puzuzu heads of blue glazed frit and some black and white glass paste balls and one yellow pasted bead. (L) Beads: string of pink and white stone scaraboids, large shell disk, blue glaze puzuzu head, paste scaraboid, decorated, glass rings. (M) Beads: Stone beads, carnelian, sard, marble, limestone, rough. | |
| 18353B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Copper bowl. [A] Umbilical with carinated rim. [B] Copper fibula, angular type, the pin missing. [C] Beads. Very small carnelian rings, small agate date shaped, one lapis ball, small blue glaze rings. [D] Glazed clay pot [Type] P103 [annotation unclear]. [drawing] |
| 18879B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pins (two). Type 4. (B) the shorter pin, has the stem flattened and broaded to the head, which is merely bent over, not curled. [drawing] |
| 18943F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Gold earring, small lunate type. (B) Silver finger ring, plain wire hoop. (C) Silver hair ring, 2 coils of plain wire. (D) Gold twisted ribbon fillet, with hole at each end. (E) Beads: lapis diamonds and tubes, crystal rings, silver diamonds and balls and small blue glaze cylinders. (F) Copper pin, type 8. (G) Copper reticule. |
| 19186C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) 2 gold earrings each made of spirally coiled gold wire.; [A and D] (B) Beads. Small lapis date-shaped with ring grooving, carnelian rings and gold-fluted balls; 1 large carnelian flattened date-shaped.; (C) Copper pin, Type 1. With ball head of steatite(?) capped with gold. Broken. |
| 19213B | 35-1-482 | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Gold double conoids, lapis double conoids. (B) Copper pin, Type 1, with lapis ball head capped with gold; broken. (C) [Not assigned] (D) Limestone bowl. Type 47. (E) White calcite bowl. Type 54: imperfect. | |
| 8330B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two copper pins with circular shafts flattened and curled over to form the head. Both broken and incomplete. [drawing] [Type] VII. |
| 8454E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks. |
| 9613B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Pins Rounded in section Corroded together One broken at top; the other broken at bottom. [drawing] Type IX |
| 10387B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Pins Elongated knob heads Tips missing Corroded together Square in section at top, rounded below Copper wire appears to be wound round stem of one in 3 coils cf. Field Note Type I |
| 10752K | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian and lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [.1-.2]Pair of large gold lunate earrings (D) Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with lapis ball heads. (F) 4 strings of double conoid beads, gold, lapis and silver, for order of stringing cf. Field Note. (G) [G and L] 2 pairs of cockle shells containing black and green paint and some blue paint. (H) A miniature baked clay vase. (I) [I and M] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. (J) Necklace: 3 strings of gold and lapis double conoids. |
| 10819F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. A. [A and F] Two copper pins, both broken, one with a plain the other with a fluted lapis ball head. Tip of second missing. Type V B. [B and G] pair of cockle shells containing black and green paint. C. necklace of lapis and silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads. For order see Field Notes. D. [D.1-.2] Pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils E. A limestone bowl. Type XII |
| 10824G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.] |
| 11440B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder seal & [B] pin. Copper pin, slender: To which was attached (by a string) a cylinder seal of white shell, with scene of fighting animals; hopelessly decayed on one side. |
| 11441C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Consisting of [A](1) a spiral band of narrow gold ribbon (broken); [B](2) seven beads of agate, carnelian, steatite, shell (?), lapis, lapis, paste; [C](3) a copper pin 019 long (broken into 3 pieces). |
| 11470B | 30-12-365.1 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper pins. Corroded together. One square in cross section with tang head, one round in section with no head. Type IX. |
| 11883D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing] |
| 11883E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing] |
| 12004B | (none) | 1929,1017.572 | (none) | [A] Cylinder Seal Black Steatite with this a [B] copper pin, plain tang head. Type II. |
| 12128B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Pins. [A] Silver and [B]copper. Lapis ball head on each. Tip of copper pin missing. [Type] V. |
| 12257D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Silver wire spiral coil half-ring. [B] (2) Beads. Large number of silver & lapis double conoids. [C-D] (3) Two straight silver pins with lapis ball heads. |
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Belts - Bracelets and Anklets - Earrings - Headdress - Miscellaneous Pieces - Neckwear - Rings
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