Holdfasts and Staples

This category includes objects with two pointed ends that are bent.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
950	(none)	(none)	B15322, B15322	Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU.
3241	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze staple. Ends broken off. [drawing 1:1]
3344	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper staple. Somewhat blistered but strong. [drawing 1:1]
6643	(none)	(none)	(none)	Hasp. Bronze? Fragment. E.
6657B	(none)	(none)	B16434	Copper? Handles? Arched. Rounded tops and nail head bases. E. Philadelphia? [drawing 1:2]
6968A	(none)	(none)	B16218	(A) Copper statuette the basket carrier. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing] (B) Uninscribed diorite tablet. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing]
8477A	(none)	(none)	B17392	[A-D] 4 copper staples. Made from a single piece of copper bent to form an arch, ends overlap at bottom [drawing] c. 1:1
8477B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 copper staples. Made from a single piece of copper bent to form an arch, ends overlap at bottom [drawing] c. 1:1
8477C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 copper staples. Made from a single piece of copper bent to form an arch, ends overlap at bottom [drawing] c. 1:1
8477D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 copper staples. Made from a single piece of copper bent to form an arch, ends overlap at bottom [drawing] c. 1:1
9534	(none)	(none)	B16915	Copper holdfast(?) (broken) [drawing ]1:1
9574A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Hasps (?) [A-B] Found in the matting above the body and possibly used to fasten the ends of the mats together [drawing] 1:1 (NB the real metal is much thinner than is here drawn)
9655A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper Holdfasts. 2, found together. [drawing 1:1]
9846A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9847A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt. Found in connection with the copper holdfasts 9846, the latter being on the waist, these being on the shoulder. Possibly they belong to a leather baldrick. Horseshoe shaped head, rounded in section, legs rectangular in section. The legs may originally have been pliable so as to allow of the insertion of cord or such like material within the ring. [drawing 1:1]
9859A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
12109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Cramp. Body of cramp shaped like a V with hoop shaped top and at right angles to it and welded onto it a second hoop. [drawing not to scale]
12707L	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B.
16243A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper staples. Two. Found with remains of wooden beams or poles running through them. [drawing]
9574B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Hasps (?) [A-B] Found in the matting above the body and possibly used to fasten the ends of the mats together [drawing] 1:1 (NB the real metal is much thinner than is here drawn)
9655B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper Holdfasts 2, found together [drawing]1:1
9846B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]