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Numerous pins with a hole in the shaft have been found at sites in Cyprus, Syria, and the Levant. This example was probably cast in a mold in one piece and may have served to style hair or fasten clothing. Pins of this type appear throughout the second millennium bce, but parallels uncovered in archaeological excavations date this example more specifically to about 1400–1300 bce.
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Title: Gold pin
Period: Late Helladic IIIA
Date: ca. 1400–1300 BCE
Culture: Mycenaean
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: Length 2 5/16in. (5.9cm.)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Object Number: 54.11.4
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