Pins are straight pieces of metal with a pointed end.  Woolley lists 8 types of pins based on their style.  Woolley's type 1 are straight pins, pierced or unpierced with a ball head of material other than metal.  Woolley's type 2 has a knobby head of metal.  Type 3 is a pin with a domed head of metal.  Type 4 has a rolled head.  Type 5 has a flattened and rolled head to hold feathers, and is listed as a hairpin in our typology.  Type 6 has anthro/zoomorphic figures on the head.  Type 7 has a bent head sometimes with stone beads at the end.  Type 8 has a rounded head.  Pierced pins may have been used to hang toggles or cylinder seals.  Pins are mixed between style and period.  

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(none) 30-12-410 (none) B18129 (none)
(none) 30-12-419 (none) B18138 (none)
(none) 30-12-420 (none) B18139 (none)
(none) 30-12-421 (none) B18140 (none)
(none) 31-17-247A (none) (none) (none)
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(none) 31-17-247N (none) (none) (none)
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(none) 31-17-247P (none) (none) (none)
(none) 31-17-247J (none) (none) (none)
(none) 31-17-247R (none) (none) (none)

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