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)
10800C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Beads, small lapis and silver B. [B, D-E] 3 earrings, silver wire spiral coils C. Silver pin with lapis head
10802C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group. A. Beads. Small lapis double conoids. B. Beads, slender lentoids of gold and lapis. C. Copper pin with lapis head, stem broken. D. Cockle shells containing paint.
10803D (none) (none) (none) Tomb Groups A. Beads. Silver and lapis double conoids. B. Beads: small lapis balls, small gold, and some carnelian rings. C. [C.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. D. Copper pin with plain tang head. E. Cockle shells containing paint.
10804B (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Few beads: lapis and carnelian. B. Copper pin with plain metal ball head, broken. C. [C and E] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. D. White shell cylinder seal much decayed: visible, a man with bird-like head and 2 fighting animals
10807C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Beads= triangular type with 7 ridges 11 lapis and 5 gold. B. [B, D-E] 3 earrings, silver wire spiral coils C. Silver pin with striated lapis ball head, broken Type V
10808C (none) (none) B16757 Tomb Group A. Beads: small lapis double conoids. B. Beads: small white shell rings C. Copper pin with lapis head, broken Type V
10815C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A: Frontlet of large beads, lapis and silver with carnelian rings. B: Beads: lapis double conoids. C: Silver pin with lapis ball head, Type V. D: [D-E] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
10817B (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. [A.1-.2] Pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. B. fragments of copper pin with copper ball head. Type V. C. [C and D] Pair of cockle shells (one broken) containing black paint. [struck out: "D."]
10818C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. A few odd beads round neck; decayed silver double conoids, one or two carnelian rings. B. [B and F] Pair of cockle shells corroded together, containing black paint. C. Decayed copper pin, rectangular in section. Type III variant. D. Few decayed shell rings worn on breast, probably originally a belt. E. Fragments of silver earrings
10819A (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
10820F (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group. (A)[A and G] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. 1-broken and part missing. (B) [B and H] 2 cockle shells with green paint (both broken) (C) Broken silver finger ring, 4 strands of wire, the 2 middle strands spiral. Part missing. (D) Large shell of the type used to serve as a lamp. Badly broken. (E) Few silver double conoids, a few lapis and remains of glazed frit ring beads. (F) A copper pin with a copper ball head. Badly broken. Type V.
10821C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group. (A)[A and D] Pair of cockle shells containing black and green paint. (B)[B and E] 2 silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. (C) Decayed and broken silver pin rounded in section. Type IX?
10823D (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Necklace of gold and lapis lazuli double conoids and long carnelian facetted lentoids. B. [B and I] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. C. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal in 2 registers. Banquet scene. Above, four seated figures, 2 of whom are sucking from straws: below, shrine gate, a porter, 3 seated figures 2 of whom suck straws. The straws are placed in jars which stand upon a ring headed, others have perfect circles in place of a head. D. Silver pin with lapis ball head and gold leaf cap. Head broken from stem. Type V. E. Fluted silver beaker, sides compressed. F. Fragments of a silver ribbon head band. G. Rings forming a silver belt. H. Cockle shells containing paint. I. A Pair of large double lunate gold ear rings J. A gold ear ring in 2 1/2 coils
10824C (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.]
10829B (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group. A. Beads. Lapis and silver double conoids. B. Copper pin with lapis ball head, broken. Type V. C. Earring, silver wire spiral coil.
10831B (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Beads: lapis double conoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis head. Type V. C.[C and E] 2 silver earrings, wire spiral coils. D. finger ring of very thin gold wire. [struck out: "E."]
10833C (none) (none) B16997 Tomb Group A. Beads: lapis double conoids. B. [B and D] 2 silver earrings, wire spiral coils C. Copper pin with bent stem and plain ball head (broken) Type VI B?
10839 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin With coiled head Type VII
10845 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin with plain rounded head Type IX
10887 (none) (none) (none) Silver pin with lapis ball head capped with gold Type V
10938 (none) (none) B16908 Gold Triangle-headed pin. ? Feather holder? [drawing 1:1]
10940 (none) (none) B16729 Gold Pin. With lapis ball head. Type V. On the right upper arm with the cylinder seal U.10939
10999 (none) (none) (none) Silver Pin. With lapis ball head capped with gold. Type V. near I.
11000 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin. Curved type. With lapis ball head capped with gold. Broken & point missing. Type IV. New 7. [drawing]
11111 87-28-48 (none) (none) Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Broken in 3 pieces. Type I.

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