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)
9588 (none) (none) B16949 Copper Pin. Elongated knob head. Tip missing. Rounded in section. Type I. [drawing]
9589 (none) (none) (none) Bone Pin Broken in many places Rounded in section Criss-cross decoration incised on stem. [drawing]
9593 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Slender type Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX
9594 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Rounded in section Heavy type Elongated nob head Tip bent Broken in 2 pieces [drawing] Type I
9599 (none) (none) B16954 Copper Pin Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX
9613A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Copper Pins Rounded in section Corroded together One broken at top; the other broken at bottom. [drawing] Type IX
9613B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Copper Pins Rounded in section Corroded together One broken at top; the other broken at bottom. [drawing] Type IX
9617 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Elongated knob head Rounded in section Type I
9619 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Elongated knob head Rounded in section Hole perforated through stem 003 from top of pin Type I
9621 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Elongated knob head Rounded in section Tip missing Broken in three pieces Type I
9632 (none) (none) B16933 Silver Pin Plain rounded head Type IX
9640 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Plain tang head in poor condition Type I
9643 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Plain thickened head (point broken) Type IX
9648 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Plain tang head Type I
9673 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Plain tang head Type I
9682 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin With plain tang head (broken) Type I
9711 (none) (none) (none) Silver Pin Elongated knob head Tip missing Rounded in section, broken in 2 pieces. [drawing] 1:1 Type I
9720 (none) (none) B17022 Copper Pin Elongated knob head Type I
9722 (none) (none) B17023 Copper Pin Elongated knob head Type I
9730 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Elongated knob head Broken in 2 pieces Square in section Hole perforated in stem below head. Type I.
9734 (none) (none) B17316 Copper Pin Broken in 2 pieces Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX
9736 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin With lapis ball head Type V [drawing]
9742 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Elongated knob head Square in section at top Round in section below Type I
9756 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin With striated ball lapis head, very thick & heavy type Type V.
9762 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin With small ball head broken into 6 bits Type V

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