[Bonetools] Strasbourg bone items

[minni delphine]

Thank you very much for your comments and references. I'll search for comparisons on eastern part of the mediterranean area. I'll tell you about results.

Best regards, 
Delphine

Delphine MINNI
51, boulevard d'Anvers
F-67000 STRASBOURG
03 88 41 16 75
06 07 53 83 70


--- En date de : Mer 6.5.09, Etan Ayalon <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il> a écrit :

> De: Etan Ayalon <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il>
> Objet: Re: [Bonetools] Strasbourg bone items
> À: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for thestudy of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
> Date: Mercredi 6 Mai 2009, 9h30
> Dear Minni,
> As Alice has already mentioned, there are general parallels
> to your object 1223/3 found in Caesarea Maritima, Israel and
> published by me (reference below). This indeed looks like a
> delicate handle, in which the design is not only decorative
> but improves the grip as well. The upper lathe-turned bands
> is found on a Byzantine (4th-7th cent.) handle (Fig. 2:12)
> and the spiral design (less pronounced) on a Byzantine knife
> handle (Fig. 4:46). There is also a complete delicate
> engraver or kohl stick (of Roman period? Fig. 4:39) with a
> very similar spiralled handle plus a nice point. No. 117 in
> Fig. 10 is a broken spiralled Byzantine rod (pin?). The
> spiral decoration is also very common at Caesarea on carved
> tablets and inlays, mostly of 5th-7th cent. (cf. Fig.
> 37:346-350). The lathe-carving technique of the upper part
> of your handle is also common on inlays and carved rods here
> (cf. Fig. 46:426-427). So both types of decoration are
> deeply rooted in the local bone industry (compare also to
> Rodziewitz's recent book on Alexandria). Perhaps your
> handle originated in the eastern Mediterranean (for
> instance, by a Roman soldier)?
> cf: Ayalon, E. 2005. The Assemblage of Bone and Ivory
> Artifacts from Caesarea Maritima, Israel !st-13th Centuries
> CE (BAR IS 1457). Oxford.  
> Yours
> Etan Ayalon
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of
> delphine minni
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: Bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> Subject: [Bonetools] Strasbourg bone items
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Please find enclosed pictures of two bone artifacts
> recently discovered during an excavation in Strasbourg
> (France).  The site is considered to be dated somewhere
> between the Roman and Medieval periods
> (http://www.inrap.fr/archeologie-
> preventive/Sites_archeologiques/p-2345-4_rue_Brulee.htm)
> 
> The view is that one of them (1223-3) is some sort of
> handle, however we have been unable to locate anything
> comparable.  The spiral pattern suggests that it comes from
> the Medieval period rather than Roman.
> 
> The second one (1106-14), we have absolutely no idea of
> what the item is, its use and what period it lends itself
> toward.
> 
>  We would appreciate your comments regarding any of the
> above comments.
> 
>  Thank you for your time
> 
>  Regards
> 
> Minni Delphine
> INRAP GES - Centre archéologique de Strasbourg 10, rue
> d'Altkirch 67000 Strasbourg
> 03 88 34 97 50
> 06 07 53 83 70
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