Harvard Art Museums > 1939.127: Instrument with Eyelet 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"Instrument with Eyelet , 1939.127,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310774. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.127 Title Instrument with Eyelet Other Titles Former 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/310774 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 8 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is black with metal showing through and small areas of green. The shaft is bent into an S-shape. The implement appears to have been fashioned by hammering from a piece of rod stock. The shaft is quadrangular in section. The decorated end was shaped into nodules and grooves, with the flat terminal section drilled to form an eyelet. One end is broken and may have been bent intentionally. The pin was probably cast in its rough form and then hammered with annealing to further shape the shaft. The break at the end of the shaft has a convex contour, which may be half of a hole that was formed in the end. Carol Snow and Henry Lie (submitted 2002, updated 2010) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Excavated from Antioch, sector 17-O (no. a-394-U544) (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 1939.127 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 This instrument has a round eyelet mounted above an oblong bead that is framed by decorative round collars. The shaft is circular initially but becomes square and swells slightly, ending in a V-shaped groove. The shaft is bent near the eyelet in an S-curve. The eyelet may indicate the instrument was part of a set of other tools held on a ring similar to a set of toilet instruments in the British Museum, London (1). NOTES: 1. See H. B. Walters, Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum: Greek, Roman and Etruscan (London, 1899) 317, no. 2394. 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 Ancient Bronzes Roman Domestic Art 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
