Pin

Museum number:
9-16791
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3776
Description:
Pin; enalrged club-like head; four strictures below head; tapers to a point which is now lost. Green patina. L. 16.0 cm. Club-headed pins, with or without decoration appear in the late 3rd millennium. Ribbed forms were found in Luristan at Tepe Giyan I and at Sialk B. Parallel types were found at Khurvin, Talish in the Caucasus, as well as numerous quantities from Luristan clandestine digs and from the Dum Surkh shrine.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, late 2nd, early 1st millennium BC
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Pins (fasteners)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 8 millimeters and length 160 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16791, described as Pin; enalrged club-like head; four strictures below head; tapers to a point which is now lost. Green patina. L. 16.0 cm. Club-headed pins, with or without decoration appear in the late 3rd millennium. Ribbed forms were found in Luristan at Tepe Giyan I and at Sialk B. Parallel types were found at Khurvin, Talish in the Caucasus, as well as numerous quantities from Luristan clandestine digs and from the Dum Surkh shrine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16791, described as Pin; enalrged club-like head; four strictures below head; tapers to a point which is now lost. Green patina. L. 16.0 cm. Club-headed pins, with or without decoration appear in the late 3rd millennium. Ribbed forms were found in Luristan at Tepe Giyan I and at Sialk B. Parallel types were found at Khurvin, Talish in the Caucasus, as well as numerous quantities from Luristan clandestine digs and from the Dum Surkh shrine.

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