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)
13547 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Circular in section. Lapis disc shaped head. Badly broken. [drawing]
13551 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Curled head. Type VII.
13554 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps. Type V A.
13557 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Bent type. tip missing. Lapis head with gold caps. Type VI. B.
13562 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Bent type. Lapis ball head with gold caps. Type. VI. C.
13595 (none) (none) (none) Silver pin. Lapis ball head (broken) Type. V.A.
13600A (none) (none) (none) (A) Copper pin. Bent type VI,B. (B) [B-C] and pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. Pin has copper wire binding round upper portion of stem.
13781 (none) (none) (none) Silver Pin. With fluted lapis ball head. Type V.B.
14018 31-17-251 (none) (none) Copper Pin, Lapis ball head. Striaght type. Broken in 2 pieces. Type V.A.
14030 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. With glazed ball head. Straight type. Type V, A.
14054 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Steatite(?) ball head. Tip of pin missing. Type V, A.
14061 31-17-266 (none) (none) Copper pin. Bent. type. Type VI, A.
14081B 31-17-254 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
14245A 31-17-245 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 copper pins. With rolled heads. 1 has tip missing. Type VII.
14268 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Rolled head. Tip missing. Type VII.
14290 (none) 1930,1213.489 (none) Copper chisel. Minute. Sq. in section. Type VII R. [drawing 1:1]
14298 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Straight type. Circular in section. Broken 3 pieces. Type I.
14302 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Circular in section. Type 1.
14308 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Straight type. Lapis lazuli ball head. Perforated for suspension.. Tip missing.Type V,A.
14311 31-17-250 (none) (none) Copper spindle whorl. Tip missing. Type IV, B. [Notes and drawings on back of card]
14425A 98-9-75 (none) (none) Copper fibula. Hoop spiral. Type 3. [drawing 1:1]
14473A (none) (none) (none) Gold pin. Lapis lazuli ball head with gold caps. Type V.
14484 (none) 1930,1213.532 (none) Bone pin with decorated head (point broken). [drawing 1:1]
14498 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin(?). One end sharply pointed, the haft round in section, the other end slightly pointed.
14952 30-12-415 (none) (none) Copper pin. Straight and pointed at each end.

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