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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin, part of. Having near the head end the figure of a seated calf. |
| 19102 | 35-1-479 | (none) | (none) | Copper pin, broken. Having for a head the head of a horned demon or god. | |
| 19142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 2a. |
| 19143 | 35-1-498 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 4. | |
| 19144A | 35-1-497 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 8. | |
| 19144B | 35-1-487 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 8. | |
| 19144C | 35-1-505 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 8. | |
| 19145A | 35-1-483 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145B | 35-1-484 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145C | 35-1-486 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145D | 35-1-488 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145E | 35-1-489 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145F | 35-1-492 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145G | 35-1-495 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145H | 35-1-496 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145I | 35-1-494 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145J | 35-1-493 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. |
| 19145K | 35-1-491 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145L | 35-1-490 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19145M | 35-1-485 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 1. | |
| 19146 | 35-1-480 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 3. | |
| 19147A | 35-1-499 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 7. | |
| 19147B | 35-1-500 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 7. | |
| 19147C | 35-1-501 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 7. | |
| 19147D | 35-1-502 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 7. |
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