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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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