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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
10870 (none) 1928,1010.12 (none) Gold Pin With plain head of lapis capped with gold Type V
10887 (none) (none) (none) Silver pin with lapis ball head capped with gold Type V
10888 (none) 1928,1010.126 (none) Silver Pin with lapis ball head (stem broken) Type V
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