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)
12421I (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunatic earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves and carnelian beads. [D-E] 2 gold flowers on silver stems. [F] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [H] Necklace of silver and lapis ribbon ball beads. [I] Silver pin with lapis and silver head [Type] VI B]. [J] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] V B. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes).
12421J (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunatic earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves and carnelian beads. [D-E] 2 gold flowers on silver stems. [F] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [H] Necklace of silver and lapis ribbon ball beads. [I] Silver pin with lapis and silver head [Type] VI B]. [J] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] V B. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes).
12422C (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [B] Necklace of small lapis double conoid beads. [C] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] V B. [D] Cockle shells with green paint.
12424F (none) 1929,1017.208 (none) Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E.1-.2] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [F] Copper pin with lapis head.
12427G (none) (none) (none) Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads. [E] Necklace of lapis double conoid beads. [F] Necklace of silver double conoid beads [G] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] V B. [H] Cylinder seal, lapis. [I] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings: order in field notes. [J] Cockle shells with green paint.
12428E (none) (none) (none) Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] 2 silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of silver and lapis double conoid beads. [E] Copper pin with copper head [Type] VI B (broken). [F] A simple large gold lunate earring found clasped in the hand. [G] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes).
12429C (none) (none) (none) Group: [A.1-.2] 2 gold wire spiral coil hair rings. [B] Necklace of silver and lapis double conoid beads. [C] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [D] Silver pin with silver head [Type] IV B. [E] Bracelet of lapis and silver conoid and bugle beads.
12429D (none) (none) (none) Group: [A.1-.2] 2 gold wire spiral coil hair rings. [B] Necklace of silver and lapis double conoid beads. [C] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [D] Silver pin with silver head [Type] IV B. [E] Bracelet of lapis and silver conoid and bugle beads.
12480 (none) (none) (none) Silver pin. Small and straight, with a silver ring round it (broken) Type I.
12636B (none) (none) (none) Group: [A-B] 1) 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [C] 2) Copper pin type V B, with silver capped steatite ball head. [D] Copper knife with binding on the handle. Type?
12636C (none) 1929,1017.606 (none) Group: [A-B] 1) 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [C] 2) Copper pin type V B, with silver capped steatite ball head. [D] Copper knife with binding on the handle. Type?
12638A (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. [B] (2) Copper pin. [C] (3) Copper pin. [D] (4) Silver earring spiral coils thickened lunate ends. [E] (5) Beads - minute. Lapis bugles, carnelian rings, lapis lentoids, white paste tristed bugles.
12638B (none) 1929,1017.591 (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. [B] (2) Copper pin. [C] (3) Copper pin. [D] (4) Silver earring spiral coils thickened lunate ends. [E] (5) Beads - minute. Lapis bugles, carnelian rings, lapis lentoids, white paste tristed bugles.
12641B (none) 1929,1017.584 (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl hemispherical. Distorted. [B] (2) Copper pin - straight type. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit in bad condition. Presentation scene.
12650A (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper pin. With lapis ball head and gold cap. [B] A second similar pin is corroded with it but ball head is missing. Type V B.
12650B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper pin. With lapis ball head and gold cap. [B] A second similar pin is corroded with it but ball head is missing. Type V B.
12672A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 copper pins. Broken and corroded together. Lapis ball heads. Type V B.
12678A (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with bent head - on the top a lapis cube with a silver cap. Top missing. [B] (2) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps in upper and under side Type V B. [C] Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Subject: rampant animals. [D] Stone bowl miniatures. Nicked rim. Calcite. [Type] XLIII. [drawing]
12678B (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with bent head - on the top a lapis cube with a silver cap. Top missing. [B] (2) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps in upper and under side Type V B. [C] Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Subject: rampant animals. [D] Stone bowl miniatures. Nicked rim. Calcite. [Type] XLIII. [drawing]
12693A (none) 1929,1017.568 (none) Group: [A] 1) Copper pin. Straight. Tang head. Type II. [B] 2) Silver wire spiral coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. Broken. [C] And 1 small with thickened ends 1 1/2 coils. [D] Beads, carnelian barrels and lapis balls. [E] Clay offering table. Badly broken. Plan.
12700 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. Straight with small flattened lapis double conoid bead head. [Type] IV.
12701A (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] 1) Copper pin. L. 250mm with lapis ball head and gold caps. Type V B. [B] 2) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. L. 20mm, D. 11mm. Two heroes (one wearing feathered headdress) and rampant animals. [C] 3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli L. 30mm, D. 7mm. Two registers. Above and below: rampant animals. [D] 4) Beads forming a necklace of 3 strings: gold, lapis and carnelian barrels. [E] 5) Beads. Long lentoids of gold and lapis and in center a small gold frog amulet L. 10mm, W. 10mm. [F-G] 6) Gold earrings. A pair. Small 1 1/2 coils. Lunate. [H-I] 7) Two bracelets. [H] One plain silver, the [I] other plain copper. [J] 8) Stone bowl. Calcite. Greyish. Nearly hemispherical. [Type] IX. [K] 9) Stone vase. White calcite [Type] LVI. [L] 10) Silver finger (?) ring. Very small. 1 1/2 coils.
12703B (none) 1929,1017.559 (none) Group: [A] (1) Silver earring, 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. [B] (2) Copper pin Type V B. Lapis ball head. [C] (3) Lapis and silver double conoids and diamonds, lapis and carnelian bugles and carnelian barrels. [D] (4) Silver finger ring. [E] (5) Stone vase white calcite variant, Type I.
12704G (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section.
12706A (none) (none) (none) Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. Badly broken. [B] (2) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Men fighting rampant animals. [C] (3) Copper bowl. Hemispherical [Type] III. [D] (4) Beads. Lapis and carnelian lentoids, lapis barrels and double conoids, carnelian rings, silver balls, square chalcedony (diamond shaped in section) calcite bead similar in type. [E] (5) Amulet in shape of a silver frog. [F] ( 6) Silver ear (?) ring 2 1/2 spiral wire coils.

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