[Bonetools] objects roman cremation graves

[Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen]

Hi Lorant,
 
Thank you this beautiful picture! It is a very interesting object, which parts are made of bone/ivory?
 
The first picture that I have send, is from a cremation grave from a 10 to 18 year old person, the other 4 are from a female cremation grave, (the last picture is a knife handle). 
 
Best, Marloes
 




Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 07:49:19 -0700
From: v_lorant at yahoo.com
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] objects roman cremation graves



Dear Marloes, 



At the first sight the objects seem to be coming from a funerary bed, kline, and they are called in the literature as kline inlays. Usually the legs of the beds are decorated with bone, and especially with ivory inlays. The different form of your objects reflect the form of the different part of the leg they were attached to. This type of burial and tradition of decorating funerary beds with bone and ivory inlays has its origin in middle Italy, and it it generally spread in the neighbouring provinces of Italy (Noricum, southern Gallia, Germania Superior) between B.C. 1st and A.D. 1st centuries. I scanned you an image with the general structure of a funerary bed leg and the parts which were decorated with bone inlays. Hope you will find it useful until I am looking for refrences for you.
Good work!
 
Cheers,
Lorant








From: Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com>
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2011 5:00 PM
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Any ideas or parallells?
 
Best, Marloes

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