[Bonetools] cross_bone_?

[Günther Karl Kunst]

Der Alice and all!
Unfortunately, this is not meant as an immediate reponse concerning a 
bonetool of the month, because the circumstances (stray find), property 
issues and identity (material) are still too vague. It was found by a 
local collector in the vicinity of a former castle in a (nowadays) 
remote area of northern Lower Austria. It was shown to me by Sabine 
Felgenhauer from the prehistoric department who carries out excavations 
in the castle area (pottery of High Medieval - 11th-13th c). The oblong 
object, with a cross-engraving on both sides, feels "warm" haptically 
and has been worked (file, saw, ...) all over its surface, and I 
think/hope it is an animal tissue, but not quite sure about that. No 
original surface left, and what is the meaning of the "structural lines" 
(dentine-ivory, antler?)? Excavator put forward ideas about a gaming 
piece/chessman. I attach several pictures I took under not quite ideal 
cicrumstances.
Any suggestions welcome!
all the best
Karl

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