[Bonetools] antler object iron age

[Dr C.M. Hills]

 The object reminds me of the attached object from a fifth century 
Anglo-Saxon cremation, at Spong hill, Norfolk. This is an unusual find for 
us, so I'm interested to see this. I found what seemed to me parallels in 
Danish weapon deposits, handles of awls- they are 3rd-4th century so Roman 
Iron Age if not Roman. But these do not have the hole in the end so maybe 
not the same type of artefact. The object is at top of the page, I've 
included the rest of the page to keep the scale in. Catherine Hills On Apr 
27 2012, Alice Choyke wrote:

>Here is an image of a somewhat similar object from the area of the Civil
>Town 1st c. AD - the very first days of the occupation. It is made from
>eithe a huge domestic cattle or aurochs long bone (prob. dorsal radius
>diaphysis). Marloes. Could you also give the archaeologists the precise
>provenience of your object. There do seem to be parallels but it would also
>be nice to know what you mean by Iron Age. This object is certainly NOT
>Roman and most likely a product of the local late Celtic population in
>contact with the Romans. The o-called conquest here in Pannonia was
>anything buta conquest. the local Celtic elite had been waiting for years
>for hypocaust floor heating!
>
>Alice
>
>On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
>marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Alice,
>>
>> It is made of antler.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:47:52 -0400
>> From: choyke at ceu.hu
>>
>> To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
>> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] antler object iron age
>>
>> And is this antler or bone?
>>
>> Alice
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
>> marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  yes, the hole is worn. And there is a second hole and perhaps even a
>> third at the broken end.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:40:01 +0200
>> From: poplin at mnhn.fr
>> To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
>> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] antler object iron age
>>
>>
>> I the hole worn on the left ?
>>
>> Le 26/04/2012 16:12, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen a écrit :
>>
>>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>> An interesting object from the Netherlands, probably dating to the Iron
>> age. Any suggestions or parallels?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Marloes
>>
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