File:Roman copper-alloy hair or dress pin (FindID 429748).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,664 × 2,766 pixels, file size: 1.28 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Roman copper-alloy hair or dress pin
Photographer
Birmingham Museums Trust, Tom Brindle, 2011-02-16 16:45:58
Title
Roman copper-alloy hair or dress pin
Description
English: A cast copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date. This form of pin is very common in the Roman period and numerous examples are recorded on the PAS database (see BH-2041D0 for a very similar example. The head is flattened globular, or button-shaped and immediately below are two transverse grooves forming a collar. The shaft of circular section and straight, tapering towards the now-missing point. The pin measures 50.78 mm long and the head is 7.36 mm in diameter. It weighs 3.1 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 429748
Old ref: WMID-BFEB85
Filename: WMID-BFEB85.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/317166
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/317166/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/429748
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License
Object location52° 25′ 09.48″ N, 0° 34′ 16.56″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Birmingham Museums Trust
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:40, 30 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 17:40, 30 March 20192,664 × 2,766 (1.28 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WMID, FindID: 429748, roman, page 16337, batch count 38686

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Roman_copper-alloy_hair_or_dress_pin_(FindID_429748).jpg&oldid=904186003"