Pin
Jewelry
B16908
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16908 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 800 |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2600-2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold |
| Description | CBS Register: 10939(?) is crossed out for 10938. gold pin, Rolled at the top (To hold Feathers?) with sketch. Pin or Hair Ornament. This object, hammered from heavy sheet gold, probably served as a support for a mass of hair brought together at the back of the head. It probably functioned similarly to the “Spanish combs” and perhaps had organic materials threaded through the rolled top. It was found on Puabi’s wooden bier, to the left of her waist. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Length | 12.8 cm |
| Width | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
| Other Number | U.10938 - Field No SF |
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