[Bonetools] wrapped astragalus

[Jesper Ostergaard]

Dear zooarchars... also a golden astragel was found at
the Varna burials, Copper Age, this example can be
seen at the museum or in one exhibition catalogue,
p85, NO136. :   Ivanov, I., Nikolov, V., Biegel, G. &
Renfrew, C. 1986. Das Erste Gold der Menscheit. Die
ãlteste Zivilisation in Europa.  Herausgeber Biegel,
G. Verlag Carl Schiller,  Freiburg. Also even polished
examples (metal look-alike? surface) has been found in
Bulgaria.

Best regards Jesper Østergaard.




--- rozalia christidou <roschri at otenet.gr> wrote:

> Dear All,
> Although I am unable at this moment to provide
> bibliographical references (I can do so after
> mid-October) I would like to note that
> 1) In Northern Greece Worked tali appear and
> imitations made from clay (Dikili Tash, plain of
> Drama, eastern Macedonia) appear in the 5th
> millennium BC.
> 2) In the historical times (e.g. Classical,
> Hellenistic, Roman periods) there are imitations of
> astragali from various materials. Moreover, in the
> Hellenistic period various objects such as golden
> wreaths (crowns) are also made from other materials,
> clay for example, and coated with metal sheets.
> Coating is an... economic solution in various cases.
> Note that in this period of extreme wealth for the
> Macedonian Kingdom and later, when it declines,
> people try different ways in order to show use of
> objetcs which are valuable or in fashion. The coated
> talus from FYROM can be one example of this habit.
> Whether this indicates, in this particular case, a
> more economic way to obtain this object, I cannot
> say.
> I hope I get some more information when I am back
> and look at references.
> Etan welcome to these regions. Hope to see you from
> the other part of the frontier.
> Rozalia Christidou
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: H10459bar at helka.iif.hu 
>   To: bonetools at listserv.iif.hu 
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:56 AM
>   Subject: [Bonetools] wrapped astragalus
> 
> 
>   Dear All, 
> 
> 
>   The 168 cm long pottery astragalus (possibly a
> container for real astragalus bones) from Early
> Classical Greece was exhibited in the British
> Museum. Similar red-figure-painted pieces were made
> by the potter named Syriskos (c. a. 470 BC). 
> 
> 
>   See: Boardman, J. 1964. Greek Art. London, Thames
> & Hudson.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Best wishes, Laszlo
> 
> 
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Jesper S. Østergaard
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