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Cf/excavation: Vanden Berghe 1969a fig 95:12-15 heads, some with elaborate stems. Collective long grave Kalleh Nisar, Old Sumerian 2000-1700 BC. see MMLur258-60, 267;
— 1968e p. 57 (2 in middle) heads possible decor? Lumpy necks Bani Surmah 2600-2500 BC L: 15 cm. See 258-261, 267;
Schmidt et alii 1989 pl. 122i KII 257 L:18 Middle Bronze Age, very similar, ch. 21B.3.4 p.183 all bronze pins with domed or conical heads from Middle Bronze Age burials at Chiga Sabz and Kamtarlan II, elaborate engraved decor, can be later development from Early Bronze Age A Bani Surmah, some with holes "toggle pins" throughout NE since the third millenium BC, very numerous at Levant sites. pl. 165r Sor 1390 Iron Age, L: 21 more relief decor on top ch. 27D.9. p. 267 plain domed or conical heads bronze or iron, tradition back to third mill;
Cf/collection: Moorey 1971 pl. 45: 265 (form);
Contenau & Ghirshman 1935 pl. 15 level I, pl. 25 level II, pls. 26 -29, level III;
Braidwood 1960 Antioch I fig 351:3 flatter heads, large hole two joined wires instead of drilled like ours, ca L: 13 Phase J.