[Bonetools] medieval object

[Alice Choyke]

And Avars, yet further to the east in the Carpathian Basin,  used quite
similar containers but we have no idea of all what was placed in them. We
have these object later on as well.

Alice

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>
wrote:

>  Dear Annick and Dave,
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> I agree that it looks like a container but I was thinking about a powder
> horn.  I remember Marloes showing me a similar shaped example from Holland.
> Can you send some move views?
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> Sonia
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> Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University
> of York
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> Post-doctoral Researcher
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> Archaeological Sciences
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> Division of AGES,
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> University of Bradford
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> Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
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> tel 01274 23 6498
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> *From:* Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] *On Behalf
> Of *Dave Constantine
> *Sent:* 10 October 2014 15:34
> *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] medieval object
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> Hello Annick,
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> It looks like a “salt container” of the Early Medieval. Similar containers
> of antler (and sometimes bone) are found around Germany, Switzerland,
> Poland and even the Netherlands etc. An interesting article on them can be
> found at
> http://www.academia.edu/2899033/Cum_grano_salis_-_Salt_and_prestige._Late_Viking_Age_and_Early_Medieval_T-shaped_and_Cylindrical_Salt_Containers_2007_
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> Regards,
>
> David Constantine
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> *From:* annick.thuet at laposte.net
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> *Sent:* Friday, October 10, 2014 3:18 PM
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> *To:* Bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
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> *Subject:* [Bonetools] medieval object
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm looking for comparables that object antler found in the Somme, in a
> context X-XI S, on a rural habitat.
> It could be an abbot ferrule or "tau", or simply a stick of highly
> decorated shepherd. Do you see parallels?
> I thank you in advance.
> sincerely
>
>
>
> Annick Thuet
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