[Bonetools] bone objects

[S O'Connor]

Dear Etan,

 

When you sent the photo of the rings I wondered about the size of the larger
ring as it seemed rather big to be turned from a transverse section of
longbone .  The smaller disks are clearly bone but I was wondering if the
ring was ivory.  I have seen these in elephant ivory and the one in the
paper Heidi sent is also ivory, possibly walrus ivory.  Unfortunately I
cannot see any structures in your image of the large ring when I zoom in.
Do you have any other photo's that might show this?

 

Sonia

 

Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of
York

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Archaeological Sciences

Division of AGES,  

University of Bradford

Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK

 

tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)

fax 01274 23 5210

 

From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Etan Ayalon
Sent: 20 February 2014 05:44
To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of
object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] bone objects

 

Thanks, Marloes. You are right about the large ring, of course, but what
about the small rings?

 

From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Marloes
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:05 PM
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] bone objects

 

Yes, these are all parts of a baby's comforter/pacifier!
 
Found in Amsterdam dated to the 19th/20th century (with the rubber parts
which are missing here)
 
Best wishes,
Marloes
 

  _____  

From: etana at eretzmuseum.org.il
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:28:40 +0000
Subject: [Bonetools] bone objects

Dear all,

Here are some bone rings found in Jaffa, Israel by the Israel Antiquities
Authority in a context of - probably - the beginning of the 20th century. In
that time Palestine was already rather modernized, especially a port city
like Jaffa. The objects could have been imported, mainly the large ring.

Does anyone have any idea about the use of these rings, any parallels?

Etan

 


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