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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1627 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. With round head; square in section; pierced just below head. Point broken off. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1645 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ivory pin. With six grooves at head; pierced just below head. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1650 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin, pierced below head. Point broken off. [drawing] |
| 2573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. White stone. Point missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2644 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2852 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. Waisted head: in good condition. |
| 3174 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze safety pin. Frame only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frame of bronze safety pin [drawing 1:1] |
| 3243 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze dress pin. Long and thin with sharp point and slightly flattened head. Present length (highly bent): 156mm. Diameter: 4mm. |
| 6009 | (none) | (none) | B16359 | Pin. Bone. Square in section with knob head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6012 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin holder? Metal bronze. Triangular. Rounded at top and base. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster [seems to be corrected as white calcite] pin. Chipped. |
| 6061 | (none) | (none) | B16357 | Alabaster pin. E. |
| 6141 | (none) | (none) | B16415 | Bronze pin. E. [drawing] | |
| 6142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6145 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6403 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6459 | (none) | (none) | B16414 | Bronze Pin. E. | |
| 6490 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. B. |
| 6492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pencil? B. |
| 6493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. Slightly curved below. B. |
| 6494 | (none) | (none) | B16416 | Bronze pin. Spiral top. | |
| 6505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pin. Hole through top. B. |
| 6507 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin bronze. B. |
| 6508 | (none) | (none) | B16417 | Pin bronze. Triangular in shape. E |
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