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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7551 | (none) | (none) | B16771 | Pin. Bone. Yellow. Point missing. Incised decoration at head. Hole perforated below decoration. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Bone. Brown. Perforated below top. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7685 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Bone. Yellowish. Cock's head? [drawing 1:1] |
| 7863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with ball head of lapis lazuli and gold shaft has round section. Head thus: [drawing] |
| 7864 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with ball head of white shell (?) set in silver as in U.7863, the metal is a cap of thin foilover the ball. Broken, and the head in bad condition. |
| 7880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Mushroom-shaped head, round shaft, pointed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin or borer. Much corroded (also broken), apparently shaped thus with slight knob and then a thicker stem gradually thinned to a point. [drawing] |
| 7889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Blunt rounded head. |
| 7969 | (none) | 1928,1009.252 | (none) | Copper pin. Thickened to one end, with a short tang projecting from the thick end: circular section. [type] I |
| 7970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Similar in type to U.7969. Broken across middle. [type] I |
| 7971 | (none) | 1928,1009.344 | (none) | Copper pin with ball head of lapis lazuli and gold. The shaft of the pin has swollen and split and only a stump is left with the head on it, - the latter also broken by the swelling of the metal, and part missing. [type] V |
| 7978 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. With lapis ball head. Point broken [type] V |
| 7979 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with lapis ball head [type] V |
| 7991 | (none) | (none) | B17424 | Copper pin with head [drawing] tanged thus [type] I | |
| 8007B | (none) | (none) | B17462 | Silver plaque in two parts. [A] A circular plaque diam 009, part of the edge broken away; in center, raised electrum boss surrounded by six silver bosses; round them a border of two double raised concentric bands with fine radial lines between; folded over this and sticking to it when found was a second piece of silver with copper backing apparently broken off from where the edge of the circle is missing; the shape of the whole object would look like an elaborate buckle thus [drawing]. [B] A copper pin 0075 long was corroded on the back [C] (as were many beads) but need not belong to it. The three are cataloged under the same number. | |
| 8007C | (none) | (none) | B17462 | Silver plaque in two parts. [A] A circular plaque diam 009, part of the edge broken away; in center, raised electrum boss surrounded by six silver bosses; round them a border of two double raised concentric bands with fine radial lines between; folded over this and sticking to it when found was a second piece of silver with copper backing apparently broken off from where the edge of the circle is missing; the shape of the whole object would look like an elaborate buckle thus [drawing]. [B] A copper pin 0075 long was corroded on the back [C] (as were many beads) but need not belong to it. The three are cataloged under the same number. |
| 801 | (none) | 1923,1110.172 | (none) | Bronze fibula. Pin missing. Regular Persian period type. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8014 | (none) | 1928,1009.189 | (none) | Copper pin. The head in the shape of a human hand with the thumb raised. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8015 | (none) | 1928,1009.346 | (none) | Copper pin. Plain, with small ball head. [type] V. | |
| 8016 | (none) | B16765 | (none) | Copper pin. WIth ball head of carnelian and gold. Shaft broken and much of it missing. [type] V | |
| 8026 | (none) | (none) | B17461 | Copper pin. Point missing. The shaft widens above and is pierced by a small hole; then it thins down and bends over and ends in a large ball head (the material perhaps a paste) originally capped with silver which has now almost all gone. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8027 | (none) | (none) | B17467 | Copper pin. With ball head and lapis capped with silver. The shaft much decayed and broken into 5 pieces. | |
| 8042 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with tanged head The shaft, almost rectangular in section, thickens towards the top and is pierced with a small hole. |
| 8042A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [DUPLICATE NUMBER] Copper pin with tanged head. Broken into 4 pieces. I. |
| 8043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with lapis ball head. Broken into 5 pieces [Type] V |
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Belts - Bracelets and Anklets - Earrings - Headdress - Miscellaneous Pieces - Neckwear - Rings
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