25th-24th century BCE
This pin has a long, circular-sectioned shank with a slight taper near the tip. The head of the pin is an oblate sphere with an irregular impression on the top.
8.2 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm (3 1/4 x 7/16 x 1/8 in.)
Purchased by David Gordon Mitten at the bazaar in Izmir, Turkey, during the summer of 1960.
Bronze
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