Harvard Art Museums > 1939.125: Pin Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pin , 1939.125,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310623. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.125 Title Pin Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type pin Date 1st Millennium CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria) Find Spot: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310623 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 14.1 cm, 0.3 cm, 0.2 cm (5 9/16 in., 1/8 in., 1/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The pin is intact. The patina is a rough black surface with some burial accretions. The surface is corroded and rough. One small area of smooth surface has survived. The pin was made by casting and hot working to form the shaft. The tapered shape was hammered from a rod. A 2-cm area at the center with diagonal grooves and a square section are the result of cold working. Carol Snow and Henry Lie (submitted 2002, updated 2010) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Excavated from Antioch, sector 17-O (no. a-268-U530) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity Accession Year 1939 Object Number 1939.125 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums The long, thin shaft of this plain pin is circular in section with a square, ridged finger-grip near the midpoint. The shaft is slightly bent. Both ends of the pin have been broken and are now blunt. Similar objects, classified as probes, are known from Olynthus (1). NOTES: 1. See D. M. Robinson, Metal and Minor Miscellaneous Finds, an Original Contribution to Greek Life, Excavations at Olynthus 10 (Baltimore, 1941) nos. 1673-74. David Smart Exhibition History Antioch-on-the-Orontes: Excavating an Early Byzantine City, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, 04/07/2010 - 10/10/2010 Subjects and Contexts Roman Domestic Art Ancient Bronzes Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
