Pins
This category includes straight objects used for fastening cloth.
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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