A rare Sumerian Copper Pin with Lapis Snake Finial, ca. 3rd millennium BCE Medium - Iron 1550-1069 BCE)

1550-1069 BCE)

has been described as "an open loop of material from whose bound lower end hangs a long sash flanked by two folded loops"

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It is re-strung as a necklace on a modern 18K yellow gold chain that can be adjusted up to 18 inches

and the University of Oxford

A rare Sumerian Copper Pin with Lapis Snake Finial, ca. 3rd millennium BCE Medium - Iron 1550-1069 BCE)A long copper pin with a blue green patina over a red brown oxide ground. The finial is carved from deep blue lapis lazuli and takes the form of a compact, stylized coiled snake with an enlarged head marked by simple incised lines. Pins of this type served as luxury dress or hair fasteners, with the carved finial functioning as a visible ornament that signaled personal status. The combination of a metal shaft and a hard stone finial is well documented