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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11963 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Pin. Triangular head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11970A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Type VI B. With it a [B] cylinder seal of green calcite(?) much decayed: 2 registers with seated figures, archaic. |
| 11985 | (none) | 1929,1017.601 | (none) | Copper Pin. With small lapis ball head (broken into 4 bits) Type V, D. | |
| 11997 | (none) | 1929,1017.566 | (none) | Copper Pin. Type II. | |
| 12008A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. [A] Type II. [B] a second, with lapis head (broken) Type V. [C] a third, Type II (broken) (this not certainly from the grave). |
| 12028 | (none) | 1929,1017.567 | (none) | Copper Pin. Type II. | |
| 12037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Broken & tip missing. [Type] V. |
| 12044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With ball head of lapis (stem broken) Type VI, B. |
| 12045 | (none) | 1929,1017.562 | (none) | Silver Pin. With ball head of lapis capped with silver (stem & head broken) Type VI, B. |
| 12056C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: [A.1-.2] (A) 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. (B) Lapis Lazuli beads: double conoids; (C) Copper Pin, plain head. (broken); [D-F] (D) 3 cockle shells: black & green paint. |
| 12057A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: (A) Copper Pin bent head, Type VI, A. (B) Beads: Lapis lazuli double conoids and some silver; (C) cockle shell with paint; (D)[D.1-.2] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. |
| 12063C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) 17 large lapis double conoid BEADS (B) Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed, 2 registers. Seated deity. Presentation. (C) Copper Pin, tip missing, broken. [Drawing of head] |
| 12065B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. (A) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils; (B) Silver pin, lapis ball head. Tip bent and end missing. (C) Beads; lapis double conoids. |
| 12069C | (none) | 1929,1017.293 | (none) | Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli double conoids; silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell (broken) containing green paint. (C) Copper pin: hopeless condition. |
| 12070B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads. lapis lazuli ovoids and silver. (B) Copper pin with rounded copper head, badly smashed. |
| 12074B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (B) Copper pin, rounded head; badly broken. |
| 12077C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Silver Pin lapis ball head. (B) Beads: long lapis lentoids & silver, small lapis; and small lapis double conoids. (for stringing see Field Note) (C) Shell head of pin. Truncated cone shape, incised decoration. [drawing of head] |
| 12084A | (none) | 1929,1017.583 | (none) | Group (A) Copper pin: elongated thin top. [type] I (B) Cylinder seal: shell. Bird-headed men & animals. [additional drawing, possibly map of excavation areas] [drawing] | |
| 12090 | (none) | 1929,1017.588 | (none) | Copper Pin. Type II. | |
| 12097 | (none) | 1929,1017.592 | (none) | Copper Pin. Elongated head. Tip missing. |
| 12128A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Pins. [A] Silver and [B]copper. Lapis ball head on each. Tip of copper pin missing. [Type] V. |
| 12142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Plain type. Circular in section. |
| 12171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Circular in section. Broken. [Type] V. |
| 12229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Curled headed type: perforated. No trace of ball head. Type VI. C. (without ball head). |
| 12235 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin. Lapis ball head. Straight type. Circular in section. [Type] V. |
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