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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6190 | (none) | 1927,0527.101 | (none) | Copper? Pin. Scale 1:2. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
 | 6403 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6459 | (none) | (none) | B16414 | Bronze Pin. E. | |
| 6490 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6491 | (none) | 1927,0527.106 | (none) | Bronze pin. Hole pierced in top. E. | |
| 6492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pencil? B. |
| 6493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. Slightly curved below. B. |
| 6494 | (none) | (none) | B16416 | Bronze pin. Spiral top. | |
| 6505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. Hole through top. B. |
| 6507 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin bronze. B. |
| 6508 | (none) | (none) | B16417 | Pin bronze. Triangular in shape. E | |
| 6509 | (none) | 1927,0527.108 | (none) | Pin bronze. E. | |
| 6510 | (none) | (none) | B16409 | Pin Bronze. E. | |
| 6530 | (none) | 1927,0527.102 | (none) | Nail. Bronze. Broken near top. E. | |
| 6532 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Bronze. B. |
| 6539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin bronze. Common type. B. |
| 6604 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin head. Bone. Incised criss cross pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6619 | (none) | 1927,0527.107 | (none) | Pin bronze. Hole in top. E. [drawing] | |
| 6672 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin bronze. Hole in top. Common type. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 6776A | (none) | 1927,0527.68 | B16299 | Gold nob. E. |
| 6777A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Nob. Steatite and gold rosette. Fragmentary. Burnt. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6777B | (none) | 1927,0527.70 | (none) | NOB. Steatite and gold rosette. Fragmentary. Burnt. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6778B | (none) | 1927,0527.69 | (none) | Scarab setting of gold and gold studs. E. |
| 7068 | (none) | (none) | B16360 | Pin. Bone. Brown. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7551 | (none) | (none) | B16771 | Pin. Bone. Yellow. Point missing. Incised decoration at head. Hole perforated below decoration. [drawing 1:1] |
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