Accession No
1935.618 B
Description
Copper alloy pin. Shaft with circular cross-section, bent halfway along; loop head.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Royal Cemetery
Source
British Museum [donor]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.618 B; 5304 [UCL Lab No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; ?Bronze; Copper Alloy
Local Term
Measurements
90mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Five bronze pins.
A: Upper part of shaft square in section; small head like a tang.
B: Simple rolled head.
C: Very much decayed; head is a bead of frit.
D: Same type as A but section of shaft not so square.
E: Like D'
Event Date 1935
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Bronze pins'
Event Date 1935
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bronze pin with a simple rolled head.
Event Date 26/3/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy pin. Shaft with circular cross-section, bent halfway along; loop head.
Event Date 28/11/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:286865
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