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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9996 | (none) | 1928,1010.122 | (none) | Silver Pin With lapis head, plain ball Type V |
| 10093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin With plain lapis ball head Type V |
| 8598 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin(?) Flat blade rolled over at the end: round shaft ending in a point. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13595 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin. Lapis ball head (broken) Type. V.A. |
| 14203 | (none) | (none) | B9609 | Silver pin. Lapis lazuli. Ball head with gold caps. Type V, A. |
| 13781 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With fluted lapis ball head. Type V.B. |
| 12309 | 30-12-693 | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. Bent type. Lapis ball head with gold cap. Broken. Type VI B. | |
| 12480 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin. Small and straight, with a silver ring round it (broken) Type I. |
| 12044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With ball head of lapis (stem broken) Type VI, B. |
| 12045 | (none) | 1929,1017.562 | (none) | Silver Pin. With ball head of lapis capped with silver (stem & head broken) Type VI, B. |
| 8619 | (none) | 1928,1009.188 | (none) | Silver pin. With fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold. |
| 11171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With fluted lapis head, bent type. Type VI. |
| 11953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With lapis ball head (stem broken). [Type] V. |
| 10999 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With lapis ball head capped with gold. Type V. near I. |
| 11168 | (none) | 1928,1010.125 | (none) | Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V. |
| 11151 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With plain silver head. Curved type. Shaft broken. Type VI. |
| 8007B | (none) | (none) | B17462 | Silver plaque in two parts. [A] A circular plaque diam 009, part of the edge broken away; in center, raised electrum boss surrounded by six silver bosses; round them a border of two double raised concentric bands with fine radial lines between; folded over this and sticking to it when found was a second piece of silver with copper backing apparently broken off from where the edge of the circle is missing; the shape of the whole object would look like an elaborate buckle thus [drawing]. [B] A copper pin 0075 long was corroded on the back [C] (as were many beads) but need not belong to it. The three are cataloged under the same number. | |
| 8007C | (none) | (none) | B17462 | Silver plaque in two parts. [A] A circular plaque diam 009, part of the edge broken away; in center, raised electrum boss surrounded by six silver bosses; round them a border of two double raised concentric bands with fine radial lines between; folded over this and sticking to it when found was a second piece of silver with copper backing apparently broken off from where the edge of the circle is missing; the shape of the whole object would look like an elaborate buckle thus [drawing]. [B] A copper pin 0075 long was corroded on the back [C] (as were many beads) but need not belong to it. The three are cataloged under the same number. |
| 8304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver razor(?). The flat end of the blade is folded over - very doubtful whether it is a razor at all. [drawing] |
| 8730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Toggle pin. Copper. Rectangular in section. [drawing] [Type] I |
| 17927 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Toggle. Bone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Toggle? pin. Copper. Rectangular in section above, rounded below. Short head. [drawing] [type] I |
| 10820F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. (A)[A and G] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. 1-broken and part missing. (B) [B and H] 2 cockle shells with green paint (both broken) (C) Broken silver finger ring, 4 strands of wire, the 2 middle strands spiral. Part missing. (D) Large shell of the type used to serve as a lamp. Badly broken. (E) Few silver double conoids, a few lapis and remains of glazed frit ring beads. (F) A copper pin with a copper ball head. Badly broken. Type V. |
| 10818C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. A few odd beads round neck; decayed silver double conoids, one or two carnelian rings. B. [B and F] Pair of cockle shells corroded together, containing black paint. C. Decayed copper pin, rectangular in section. Type III variant. D. Few decayed shell rings worn on breast, probably originally a belt. E. Fragments of silver earrings |
| 10824B | (none) | 1928,1010.127 | (none) | Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.] |
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