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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10597D.2 | (none) | (none) | B17578.2 | Tomb group. A. Beads, lapis double conoids and 1 gold lentoid. B. Silver wire coil earrings. C. Cockle shells with paint. D. [.1-.2]) Copper pin with lapis head (broken) | |
| (none) | 30-12-422 | (none) | B18141 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-423 | (none) | B18142 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-405 | (none) | B18124 | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-17-247H | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-17-247L | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 32-40-206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
 | (none) | 32-40-210.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 32-40-211 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 32-40-222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 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. | |
| 19147E | 35-1-503 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 7. | |
| (none) | 35-1-504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 19144B | 35-1-487 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 8. | |
| 19144C | 35-1-505 | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 8. | |
| (none) | No Number.8 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | No Number.9 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | No Number.10 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17494 | (none) |
| 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. |
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