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)
56 (none) (none) (none) Silver buckle(?). of twisted metal, snake-like twist. 3 frs, perhaps of 2 separate ones. [drawing]
95 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin. rectangular section. Broken into 3 pieces. [drawing 1:1]
409 (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Broken. Poor condition. 9th-5th cent BC type. [drawing 1:1]
456 (none) (none) B15241 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.
801 (none) 1923,1110.172 (none) Bronze fibula. Pin missing. Regular Persian period type. [drawing 1:1]
1397 (none) 1924,0920.229 (none) Coil of bronze: thick wire, plaited, with beads and shells adhering. [drawing: not to scale]
1400 (none) 1924,0920.409 (none) Bronze ring. Small. [drawing 1:1]
1402 (none) 1924,0920.408 (none) Pin head(?) Lapis lazuli and gold, much incrusted with salt, etc.
1584C (none) 1924,0920.231 (none) (none)
1627 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin. With round head; square in section; pierced just below head. Point broken off. [drawing 1:1]
1645 (none) (none) (none) Ivory pin. With six grooves at head; pierced just below head. [drawing 2:5]
1650 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin, pierced below head. Point broken off. [drawing]
1704 (none) 1924,0920.236 (none) Bronze stilus. [drawing 1:1]
1711 (none) 1924,0920.228 (none) Copper wire coil. Fragment. Part of 6 coils.
2518 (none) (none) (none) Bronze safety pin. Pin missing, back only. [drawing]
2573 (none) (none) (none) Pin. White stone. Point missing. [drawing 1:1]
2644 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin. [drawing 1:1]
2852 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin. Waisted head: in good condition.
3174 (none) (none) (none) Bronze safety pin. Frame only. [drawing 1:1]
3177 (none) 1927,1003.98 (none) Fragmentary razor blade. Bronze. [drawing 1:1]
3178 (none) 1927,1003.83 (none) Polished malachite (?) fragment, transfixed with bronze pin, turned into an eye at one end. [drawing 9:10]
3223 (none) (none) (none) Frame of bronze safety pin [drawing 1:1]
3243 (none) (none) (none) Bronze dress pin. Long and thin with sharp point and slightly flattened head. Present length (highly bent): 156mm. Diameter: 4mm.
3313 (none) (none) (none) Gold wire. Small fragments. In text: Kassite period (16) in cat.
3338A (none) (none) (none) (A) Gold brooch. Roughly made oval brooch with hematite glaze (?) in center and small round stones set about, mostly lost. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (13) in Cat. (B) Fragment of gold wire found with brooch.

Child Terms

Fibulae - Pins