Hairpin with pinecone-shaped head

Classification

hairpin ; tomb equipment

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

length: 11.1 cm; length (head): 1.4 cm; diameter: 0.5 cm

Date

4th century A.D.

Period

Late Roman Imperial Period–Late Antique Period (4th–5th century)

Material

ivory

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

86.7.63

ID

Hyp-4593

References

Topál 1993, 41, Grave 86/10, pl. 58/9–12, 153/86/9–12; T. Bíró et. al. 2012, no. 111