[Bonetools] FW: caput with nail

[Etan Ayalon]

Dear Marloes,
This piece could be the pommel on top of the handle of a simple dagger
or knife. Its bottom seems too rough to be a spindle whorl. A handle of
a lid or even a drawer is also a possibility.
Yours
Etan Ayalon
Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 

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Rijkelijkhuizen
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 2:19 PM
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Subject: [Bonetools] FW: caput with nail


Some photos of the caput.
 

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From: marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:06:54 +0200
Subject: [Bonetools] caput with nail



Dear all,

 

Does anyone have an idea of the purpose of a cattle caput femoris, with
a metal nail through it? It is dated to the 17th century and has been
found in a cess pit in the Netherlands.

 

Best wishes, 

 

Marloes


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