The long bronze pin ends in a flat disc with a driven decoration: a ball of rosette with eight leaves surrounded by plants. The pins were used to attach garments. but they also served ritual purposes. Possibly the pins that were found in graves served for the symbolic sealing of marriages. Found in the region of Luristan., Ornament, pin, metal, bronze, L 25 cm, D cm, Iron Age II 850-800 BC, Iran

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The long bronze pin ends in a flat disc with a driven decoration: a ball of rosette with eight leaves surrounded by plants. The pins were used to attach garments. but they also served ritual purposes. Possibly the pins that were found in graves served for the symbolic sealing of marriages. Found in the region of Luristan., Ornament, pin, metal, bronze, L 25 cm, D cm, Iron Age II 850-800 BC, Iran

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