[Bonetools] Iron Age? pin

[david bartus]

Dear All,

a colleague of mine has sent me photos of two bone pins form an Iron
Age site in Hungary. Both have a "violin-shaped" head, and the first
one is roughly carved and seems unfinished. The small incision on the
shaft of the second pin is artificial. They have been found in a LT
B2-C period Celtic house in a clearly Iron Age context, however, there
are also some Roman and Medieval finds from the site. Could anybody
help about the datation and function (maybe dress pins?) of the
objects?
They seems definitely non-Roman for me, but unfortunately I'm not too
familiar with Iron Age bone objects...

Thank you in advance,

Dávid Bartus
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