Hairpin with pinecone-shaped head

Classification

hairpin ; tomb equipment

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

length: 10.9 cm; length (head): 1.2 cm; diameter: 0.4 cm

Date

4th century A.D.

Period

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

Material

antler ; red deer 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

86.7.65

ID

Hyp-4595

References

Topál 1993, 41, Grave 86/12, pl. 58/9–12, 153/86/9–12; T. Bíró et. al. 2012, no. 113