Caption

Clothes pin, Northern Mesopotamian workshop, pins for fastening garments; short pin with a straight shaft of circular cross-section. In the upper part there is a conical extension terminating in a small round head, separated by a notch. Below the head, at 1/4 length, there is a slight flattening on the shaft, which contains a hole for passing a string through. 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC; Early Jazira III period (Early Dynastic III; c. 2600–c. 2350 BC). Tell Jassa el Gharbi (northeastern Syria), Northern Mesopotamia (Khabur basin). Pin (clasp). Total length 10.76 cm; diameter 0.1 cm (minimum)–0.4 cm (maximum); middle part width 0.45 cm (flattened), thickness 0.25 cm (flattened); hole diameter 0.2 cm.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A40_208

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Rights managed

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21.5Mb (1.9Mb) / 20.0in x 4.2in / 6000 x 1251 (300dpi)

Keywords

Clothes pin Northern Mesopotamian workshop pins fastening garments short pin straight shaft circular cross-section upper part conical extension terminating small round head separated notch head 1 4 length slight flattening shaft contains hole passing string 1st half 3rd millennium BC Early Jazira III period Early Dynastic III c 2600–c 2350 Bc Tell Jassa el Gharbi northeastern Syria Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Pin clasp Total length 10.76 cm diameter 0.1 cm minimum –0.4 cm maximum middle part width 0.45 cm flattened thickness 0.25 cm hole diameter 0.2 cm long slender object lies horizontally plain light background metallic dark brown black patina hints greenish corrosion small areas lighter brown copper tones slightly bulbous rounded tapers thinner point length surface irregularities dents shallow grooves elongated oval depression hollowed opening near thicker .