[Bonetools] Antler object

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Selena,
    As far as I know these bridle cheek pieces from the Middle Bronze Age of
Europe always keep the form of the tines they are made from. Lori's piece
seems to come from convincing Roman proveniences - the question is what it
could have been used for. Once gain, I don't have a clue and I have never
seen such an object in Hungarian roman materials either.

Alice

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Selena Vitezovic <selenavitezovic at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Dear Vas,
>
> This looks similar - on the photo is an antler tool from Feudvar
> (Vojvodina), from Vatin culture layer (Bronze Age) from Vojvodina Museum in
> Novi Sad, and it is interpreted as piece of horse harness - the lateral part
> of it. On the drawing are some similar Vatin culture objects (maybe even the
> same one from museum exibition), published in Starinar no 26.
> hope this helps!
> best regards, Selena
>
> 2009/10/28 Vas Lorant <v_lorant at yahoo.com>
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Almost one year ago, I posted the picture of this unidentified antler
>> object. I thought I put it again, maybe somebody has further ideas
>> concerning its functionality. The object is a Roman artifact coming from a
>> Roman site from Napoca, province of Dacia. It is made of an antler tine,
>> gouged into a rectangular form. It has on its outer surface a set of 4
>> drilled holes on each side (on one side 5 holes). The holes from the
>> different sides are situated on the same position, so you can pull a thin
>> object through the object without any trouble. The idea of being a handle of
>> a tool seems to me very questionable, because then the sets of perforations
>> from the 4 sides of objects would be useless. The object isn't drilled
>> inside only a little part of it, on its wider end.
>> Does anyone have any clue concerning its functionality?
>> Thank you
>> All the best
>> Lorant Vass
>> Cluj-Napoca
>> Romania
>>
>>
>>
>>
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