[Bonetools] new Aquincum find

[Bartus Dávid]

Dear Alice,

There is a short review on these bone weaving implements (called rigid 
heddle or heddle-frame) in Wild, J.P., Textile Manufacture in the Northern 
Roman Provinces, Cambridge 1970, 74-75.

He knows one bone example from South Shields (p. 74, note 5., plate IXa), 
one from Pompeii (p. 74, note 4. - without illustration or further 
reference) and one bronze example from the late fourth century from 
Pilismarót (p. 74, note 4.) which was published by Barkóczi L.,' Késõrómai 
temetõ Pilismaróton' Folia Archaeologica 12(1960) p.113, 30.10 ábra, 
XXIII.5. tábla. (Barkóczi identified the object as bronze "grate").

The best ethographic analogies can be found in Hoffmann, M., The 
Warp-weighted Loom, Oslo 1974, 104-109.(with further references). There is a 
very nice Lappish bone example (Fig. 51. ) which is similar to the roman 
objects.

You can find both Wild's and Hoffmann's book at the library of our 
University under the numbers A.17.6Wild1 and G.15.6Hoff1.

I hope these informations are useful, please tell me if you need any more 
help.

Best wishes,

Dávid

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