Gold pin

Unknown

ca. 14th century BCE · Gold · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 14th century BCE

Medium

Gold

Culture

Mycenaean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1954