[Bonetools] help with bone artefact

[S O'Connor]

Dear Marta and Hans,

As an archer, all the wrist guards I have worn (admittedly in stiffened
leather) are thin and curved to tightly follow the contours of the lower
arm.  They are designed so as not to present any edges or angles on which
the bow string might catch when it is released. I don't think this object
could function in that way.

Sonia

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University of Bradford
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[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Christian
Küchelmann
Sent: 15 April 2009 13:32
To: marta at ipa.min-cultura.pt; Mailing list for archaeologists of the
research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and
horn.
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] help with bone artefact

Hi Marta,

my first idea was an armplate of a bowyer to protect your lower arm  
from the bowstring (can't remember the correct term in english). I  
remember that I saw similar ones in the exhibition "Furusuiyya –  
Chevaliers en Pays d'Islam" in the Institute du Monde Arab in Paris  
(http://www.imarabe.org/).

Yours

Christian
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Am 15.04.2009 um 12:47 schrieb Marta Moreno:

> Dear all,
>
>
> Please, find enclosed several pictures of a bone artefact/tool  
> dated to the Islamic period (11th-12th centuries AD) found in  
> recent excavations in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is not a  
> single piece. So far I have three more identical specimens  
> recovered from two other Portuguese localities.
>
>
> I have not been able to find any parallels, so I would appreciate  
> any help or clues about their possible function.
>
>
> Three of the four specimens are manufactured on cattle metatarsal,  
> the fourth one was fashioned from cattle radius. They are very  
> similar in size: approx. 14 cm. As you can see they present two  
> small holes on the anterior face of the bone which is highly  
> polished. The back of the bone was roughly cut at both ends to give  
> it a triangular shape. The edges are also smoothed.
>
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Marta
>
>
>
> Dra. Marta Moreno García
>
> Laboratório de Arqueozoologia
>
> IGESPAR
>
> Av da Índia 136, Lisboa 1300-300
>
> Portugal
>
> e-mail: mmoreno at igespar.pt
>
> Tel: 00 351 21 361 65 57
>
> Fax: 00 351 21 361 65 59
>
>
> <BCP 3.jpg><BCP 1.jpg><BCP 2.jpg>
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