[Bonetools] Octagonal pieces made from antler

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Gibt es irgenbdeine Spur vom Drehen ? Mangels ist es bezweifelbar.


Melanie Langbein <mlangbeinarch at yahoo.de> a écrit :

> Hello everybody,
>
> I hope you can help me with some finds from one of my excavations in  
> Nuremberg, Germany.
>
> I have found several more or less octagonal pieces made from antler.  
> They come in different sizes, the form varies a bit. I have attached  
> some of them for you. They were found in several pits dating 1385 -  
> 1406/07 with lots of waste from several different workshops such as  
> blacksmiths, workshops producing bone-beads, bronze casting  
> craftsmen, a potter doing mostly small figurines and many more (so  
> no clear hint from the other finds as to in what context they might  
> have been used).
>
> By now the only finds I can compare them to are from Ribe, Denmark,  
> where they are guessing they might be inserted into turning lathes.  
> But that is only a speculation, although a pretty good one in my  
> book. I have attached a drawing from a publication on Ribe as well.
>
> Has anybody ever seen something like them? Does anybody have a fresh  
> idea for what they might have been used?
>
> Thanks in advance and all best wishes from Germany
>
> Melanie Langbein M.A.
>
>
> mlangbeinarch at yahoo.de