[Bonetools] ivory ?

[Alice Choyke]

What an interesting find of what sure looks like blocks of ivory as raw
material - from a closed find in what should be mostly Christian graves
in early medieval Europe!

Alice

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM, PUTELAT Olivier <
olivier.putelat at pair-archeologie.fr> wrote:

>   Dear colleagues, I have a question concerning these three objects found
> in two graves (ILL-B 175 & VEN-489, 6th-7th s. AD) in Alsace (France).
> VEN-489 was associated with some fragments of a ivory ring. Could all of
> these objects deal with the longitudinal section of an elephant tusk ? Many
> thanks in advance for your response.
>
> All the best. Olivier.
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