[Bonetools] object 16/17th c

[Alice Choyke]

Of course, the comb hypothesis makes total sense. Marloes - did such
composite combs exist in the 16th-17th century?

Alice

2011/2/21 Bénédicte Khan <benedicte.khan at gmail.com>

> Hello Marlos and Alice,
>
> I know there are wooden equivalents existing where several of these where
> attached together so it would be a bigger ruler when needed and then could
> be shortened by folding one back on another. But I must admit that the piece
> you sent seems a little too short to belong to such a system.. But why not?
> Moreover, the fact that the sides are not flat does bug me a little,
> because it could be hard to measure properly with a non straight ruler..
>
> It looks a lot more like the central part of a composite comb to me, as
> those found in Roman and Medieval contexts. Indeed, there is a part of a
> composite comb found in France that wears almost the same marks (though it
> is more decorated, the cuts on the longest sides are definitely there). You
> can find it in J.C Beal's catalogue *Les objets de tabletterie antique du
> musée archéologique de Nîmes, *1984. N°384.
>
> Here's the object I'm talking about: the cuts may not be as regular as
> yours, but I hope this might still help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bénédicte.
>
>
> 2011/2/21 Alice Choyke <h13017cho at iif.hu>
>
>  Dear Marlos,
>>     It does look like a ruler in some manufacturing process where large
>> and small units of equal size need to be marked out. You do have the most
>> interesting objects. I wonder if there is some modern equivelent in metal?
>>
>> Alice
>>
>>   On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
>> marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>   Dear all,
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?  (16th/17th century AD).
>>>
>>> Best, Marloes
>>>
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