[Bonetools] cross_bone_?

[Günther Karl Kunst]

Dear Alice!
Yes, I was thinking about soapstone (but colour?) or something like 
this. I am aware of the diss-absolution.
Karl

Alice Choyke schrieb:
> Dear Karel,
>     I need to think about this object. I don' suppose it could be made 
> from a soft stone could it? This does not absolve you (or any one 
> else) from sending goodies in to me for the 'bone tool of the month.
> Alice
>
> >>> Günther Karl Kunst<guenther.karl.kunst at univie.ac.at> 6/4/2012 
> 12:31 PM >>>
> 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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