Pin — artefact, Kāpiśī

Cast, copper alloy kohl or antimony rod with a flat, slightly pear-shaped head, a similarly shaped eye cut out at the top and a small pentagonal finial at the apex. One side depicts a hare looking backwards; the other is decorated with one round and two smaller drop-shaped cartouches filled with arabesques.

Kind: artefact
Date: 1000–1199 CE
Place: Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)