[Bonetools] bone artefact from the Middle Ages

[poplin at mnhn.fr]

May we have a picture of the end on the left ?
Can you make a little cut in the cut/brake on the right, so as to see  
the depth of the black ?

Your's.


Bernadeta Kufel <bernablack ?

deta.kufel at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Dear All,
>
> do you have any idea, a part of what kind of tool/item/device/decoration
> could have been the bone artifact in the attached picture? It was found
> more than 20 years ago in the center of medieval Wroclaw, within the
> cultural layer dated back to the half of 13th century. The whole surface is
> highly polished, one end is thinned (and possibly slightly burned - black
> colour), but all edges of those negatives are heavily rounded and polished
> as well. Nevertheless, on one side, surfaces of those negatives bear traces
> of scraping or whittling by a metal knife. I made micro photographs. If you
> would like to look at them, let me know. It looks like a handle but there
> is no hole to fix a tang.
>
> Best,
> Bernadeta
>
> --
> dr Bernadeta Kufel-Diakowska
> Pracownia Archeometrii i Konserwacji Zabytków Archeologicznych
> Instytut Archeologii
> Uniwersytet Wroc?awski
> ul. Koszarowa 3 bud. 28
> 51-149 Wroc?aw
> tel: (71) 375-52-89
> fax: (71) 375-52-46
> e-mail: bernadeta.kufel at gmail.com
> www.archeo.uni.wroc.pl
>