[Bonetools] Comments on an Object

[trzaska at lineone.net]

Hello Alice,

Absolutely ! It is described as two conjoined seahorses (fairly appropriate for a coastal 
location) and is thought to be a gaming piece...although I'm not convinced about that.

Ian Riddler

>----Original Message----
>From: choyke at gmail.com
>Date: 14/08/2015 14:21
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> object and waste of bone,
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>Subj: Re: [Bonetools] Comments on an Object
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>I have absolutely no idea about possible analogies for this carving but
>does the object as a whole look as much like a seahorse as it seems to?
>
>Alice
>
>On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 4:13 PM, trzaska at lineone.net <trzaska at lineone.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Specialists,
>>
>> The enclosed poster is for an exhibition of Anglo-Saxon objects in
>> Southampton, England, which
>> begins at the end of this week. I'm sure that you will all want to go to
>> the exhibition, but my
>> question is really about the lovely object displayed on the poster. It
>> came from Westgate Street in
>> Southampton, a site within the boundaries of medieval Southampton.
>>
>>
>>
>> The object is advertised as Late Saxon (10th to mid 11th century) but I
>> suspect that it is much
>> later in date. Has anybody seen anything like it ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Riddler
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