Hairpin shaped like a hand

Classification

hairpin

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

width (hand): 1.15 cm; length: 9.8 cm; length (hand): 2.6 cm; diameter: 0.56 cm

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Material

cattle bone

Iconography

hand ; notched decoration

Findspot

Budapest, 3rd district, Old Gas Factory ; Aquincum, Eastern cemetery of the Civil Town

Present location

Budapest, Aquincum Museum, Roman Collection

Inventory

50654

ID

Hyp-4634

References

T. Bíró et. al. 2012, kat. 149.; T. Bíró, in Acta Classica 43 (2007), fig. 4–5.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.