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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (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) | |
| (none) | 35-1-504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (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) |
| (none) | 98-9-149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 98-9-119 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 98-9-133 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 98-9-138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 98-9-139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 98-9-132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 35-1-481 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-541 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.34 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.340 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.339 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.335 | (none) | (none) |
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