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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | 98-9-128 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-330 | (none) | B18049 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-397 | (none) | B18116 | (none) | |
 | (none) | 30-12-526 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 31-17-274 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-402 | (none) | B18121 | (none) |
| (none) | 30-12-404 | (none) | B18123 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-368 | (none) | B18087 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-369 | (none) | B18088 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-372 | (none) | B18091 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17484 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17498 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-394 | (none) | B18113 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-424 | (none) | B18143 | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-538 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 32-40-207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 32-40-223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | No Number 2 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | No Number 3 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | No number 4 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | No Number 6 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 32-40-212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17281 | (none) |
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