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[Etan Ayalon]

Dear Olivier,
This nice object looks like a weaving shuttle. Exact parallels were used in Israel since the Neolithic period (6th-5th millenia BCE). cf.: 
Bar Yosef, Ofer. 1988. Nahal Hemar Cave ('Atiqot Series). Israel Antiquities Authority. Jerusalem (Neolithic).
Bar Adon, Pesah. 1980. The Cave of the Treasures, The Finds from the Caves in Nahal Mishmar. Israel Exploration Society. Jerusalem (Chalcolithic). Good photo of the same: Ayalon, Etan and Sorek, Chagit. 1999. Bare Bones, Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones (Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum). Tel Aviv, Fig. 27.
And so on, it has not changed in many periods.
Sincerely yours
Etan Ayalon
Israel  

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Dear colleagues, we found on the settlement of Erstein (late bronze age), located near Strasbourg (Alsace, France), an antler artefact (photos attached). The dimensions are as follows: 

- length 165 mm

- width 26 mm 

- thickness: 2.3 to 2.4 mm 

- diameter hole: 5.5 mm 

Does somebody have an idea of the possible function of this object? Thanks in advance. Sincerely yours. OP.

 

 

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