1.3.02026-07-05pinRådata3500520objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3500520MM 1993:005Simple cast, geometric, rounded pyramidal head, short neck. Decor: Three long cylindrical mouldings separated by three smaller mouldings on upper section of the shank.MM 1993:005, Purchased by envoyé Einer Ekstrand in the 1920's, according to his notes, in Ur. Given to Bertil Solberg. Presented to MM by Mrs Bitten Solberg, Lysviksgatan 35c, 12342 Farsta according to her deceased husband kommadörkapten Bertil Solberg's wishes., The closest comparison of excavated pins I find come from Bard-i Bal, Iron 1, with some similar geometric decor but different top and somewhat shorter. Vanden Berghe has also excavated slightly similar pins from Kalleh Nisar that he dates Akkadian, but several details are different and the pins are much shorter. More or less similar pins, dating to the early first millennium B.C. have also been excavated in Tepe Giyan. Pins in collections are illustrated best in the Moorey publication., Light green on royal green patina. Slightly bent, narrows with somewhat irregular edges towards the sharp point, possibly missing the final mm., L. 21.5 cm, W of head. 0.9 cm, upper Thick. 0.7 cm, L. of decor. 4.3 cm., Cf/excavation: Vanden Berghe 1973a, pl. 22:3 left; —1969, fig. 95:16-17; — 1970a,72; Contenau & Ghirshman, pl. 26:85/11, 26:86/7 among others; Cf/collection: Moorey 1971 pp. 181-183 nos 262, 271, 275., Marino-Hultman 1994, 67-69, Marino-Hultman, Pat et al (1994) "Notes from the Graeco-Roman Department" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 29 (1995), p. 67.FörvärvadSolberg, Bertil, Solberg, BittenInsamladEkstrand, EinarBrukadEarly 1 Mill BC, possibly 2400-2100 BCUrsprungAsien, Iran, Lorestan, Luristanhttp://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/4517754http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3500520http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3500520http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3500520