[Bonetools] bird from bone

[poplin at mnhn.fr]

Dear all,

it's the very first time I see such a thing ! An engraved third  
phalanx (for the claw) of lion or bear (I am on vacation, I have not  
comparative collection...) I would say rather lion, but one have to be  
cautious : some bear's 3rd ph. could have such a big developpement of  
the thin part which covers the base of the claw. And this is not so  
far waway from the mychenian/archaïc lion discveries of Greece  
(Thyrins, for instance for mycenian times, and I have identified Lion  
both in Delphi and Tegea - this one not that far from Nemea...).

That was the "firt aid".

Have you, Márta Tassi, lion/bear bones in your excavation ? elsewhere  
in the neighbourhood ?

Márta Tassi <hadarcska at yahoo.co.uk> a écrit :

> Dear all,
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> This bone bird
> came to light from a pit from the Chalcolitic period (Furchenstich  
> culture) in
> Hungary. Do you know any parallels? 
> I haven?t any idea what kind of bone was
> used. Thank you for your suggestion.
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> Best regards,Marta Daroczi-Szabo
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