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# Pin

Part of a cast, copper alloy pin shaft. The lower half is round; the upper octagonal, with diamond-shaped facets. The division between the two is marked by a double-ridged band.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 700–1399 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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