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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15412 | (none) | 1935,0113.450 | (none) | Copper pin. Straight type. Lapis lazuli ball head with gold cap. Type but slender through out. | |
 | 14308 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Straight type. Lapis lazuli ball head. Perforated for suspension.. Tip missing.Type V,A. |
| 19100 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. The head in the form of a female head with elaborately dressed hair. The point anciently broken. |
| 18905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 2. |
| 18907 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 8, with copper ring through the hole in the stem. |
| 14030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. With glazed ball head. Straight type. Type V, A. |
| 19206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. With lapis ball head capped with gold. The stem broken. |
| 6151 | (none) | 1927,0527.104 | (none) | Copper pin. Bead head of lapis lazuli. E. [drawing] | |
| 9964 | (none) | (none) | B16996 | Copper pin. Bent shaft, lapis head. Type VI. | |
| 7889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Blunt rounded head. |
| 12218 | 30-12-393 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Broken in 2 pieces. Type IX. B. | |
| 8649 | (none) | (none) | B17389 | Copper pin. Circular section, stem pierced and thickening to head: short tang(?) broken off. I. | |
| 12247 | 30-12-395 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Copper ball head. Circular in section. Tip broken. [Type] V. [drawing] | |
| 12229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Curled headed type: perforated. No trace of ball head. Type VI. C. (without ball head). |
| 11000 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Curved type. With lapis ball head capped with gold. Broken & point missing. Type IV. New 7. [drawing] |
| 12097 | (none) | 1929,1017.592 | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated head. Tip missing. |
| 9870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Broken in 3 pieces. Type I. |
| 11111 | 87-28-48 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Broken in 3 pieces. Type I. | |
| 9806 | (none) | 1928,1010.693 | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Broken in 4 pieces. Type I. | |
| 11145 | (none) | (none) | B17282 | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Square in section above, rounded below. Type I. | |
| 9850 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Square in section at top, rounded in section below. Type I. |
| 9588 | (none) | (none) | B16949 | Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Tip missing. Rounded in section. Type I. [drawing] | |
| 8756 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. In 3 pieces. Rounded in section. [drawing] |
| 12037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Broken & tip missing. [Type] V. |
| 12189 | 30-12-398 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Circular in section. |
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