Hairpin with pinecone-shaped head

Classification

hairpin

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

length: 10.7 cm; length (head): 1.2 cm; diameter: 0.4 cm

Date

4th century A.D.

Period

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Material

cattle bone

Iconography

pinecone ; concentric circles

Findspot

Budapest, 3rd district, Bécsi street ; Aquincum, Western cemetery of the Military Town

Present location

Budapest, Aquincum Museum, Roman Collection

Inventory

86.7.62

ID

Hyp-4592

References

Topál 1993, 41, Grave 86/9, pl. 58/9–12, 153/86/9-12; T. Bíró et. al. 2012, no. 110