[Bonetools] Fwd: worked bone handle

[François Poplin]

Dear Alice,

I have seen such a handle in our list, maybe 2 or 3 years ago. I gave 
the dermination and many details, and, I must say, no news afterwards...

Your's.


Alice Choyke a écrit :
> Dear Colleagues,
>     This is a posting form an ICAZ member outside our list. So, if you 
> write to Sarah directly please CC your ideas to the list as well as 
> this is interesting for many of us.
>
> Best,
> Alice
>
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> From: *Sarah Whitcher Kansa* <skansa at alexandriaarchive.org 
> <mailto:skansa at alexandriaarchive.org>>
> Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
> Subject: worked bone handle
> To: Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.hu <mailto:choyke at ceu.hu>>
>
>
> Dear Alice,
>
> I have a piece of worked bone I was hoping somebody might help me 
> with. I recently worked on the faunal assemblage from Petra (mainly 
> Roman and Byzantine contexts). In one of the bags was a lovely piece 
> of worked bone, which appears to have been a knife or comb handle, 
> formed into the shape of a human leg. It has incisions that form a 
> pattern on the "leggings" and it has a carved hole where the knife or 
> comb would have inserted into the "thigh" part of the leg. The heel 
> has a pin running through it, presumably to hold on the toe part of 
> the foot (which is now broken off). Please see the attached image.
>
> I'm wondering if you can point me to some any volumes or papers that 
> might provide good examples of discussion of comparative material-- 
> Roman/Byzantine worked bone, specifically handles. I'd mainly like to 
> discuss how common this type of work is, in what contexts it occurs 
> (knives, combs, etc), and what form it takes (animal, human, 
> naturalistic).
>
> Many thanks for any advice!
>
> Sarah Kansa
> skansa at alexandriaarchive.org <mailto:skansa at alexandriaarchive.org>
>
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