Harvard Art Museums > 1939.129: Pin with Eyelet Jewelry Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pin with Eyelet , 1939.129,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 19, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/310825. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.129 Title Pin with Eyelet Classification Jewelry Work Type pin Date 3rd-7th century Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Daphne (Syria) Find Spot: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310825 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast and hammered Dimensions 12.2 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is dark brown with metal showing through. The surface is slightly rough from corrosion. One of the four openwork columns of the finial is broken and held in place with soil accretions. The object is intact. The pin was made by lost-wax casting, with hot working to shape the pin. The shaft appears to have been tapered by hammering and retains a slightly square section. The details of the decorative finial appear to have been shaped by cold working, and the openwork section seems to have been created by drilling and sawing through the center to create a cavity, although fine marks from the tools used have not survived. Carol Snow and Henry Lie (submitted 2002, updated 2010) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Excavated from Daphne, sector 27-O (no. A934-U597) (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 1939.129 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 pin has a large, square handle that bulges slightly in the middle and is surmounted by six small ridges, two circular rings, and a small spherical ball. A long rectangular hole is cut through the handle on all four sides and is framed with rope-like striations. Four ridges and ribs of the same width are visible underneath the rectangular hole of the handle. The square shaft tapers to a sharp point. Due to its decorative elements, it is possible that this object was a piece of jewelry rather than a tool (1). NOTES: 1. Compare S. Boucher, G. Perdu, and M. Feugère, Bronzes antiques du Musée de la civilisation gallo-romaine à Lyon 2: Instrumentum, Aegyptiaca (Lyon, 1980) 116-17, no. 641. 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 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
