[Bonetools] Question - identification of bone artifact - Late Antiquity/Early Medieval

[Jean-Marc Pétillon]

Dear Isabelle,

many thanks! A bell part (I think it's the part called "clapper" here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell) was actually my colleagues' first
hypothesis, but then they considered the object was too thick and the
arrangement of the holes somehow did not fit with the idea. Do you
have any pictures or references?

merci beaucoup ! De fait, le battant de cloche était la première
hypothèse de mes collègues, puis ils ont finalement trouvé que l'objet
était trop épais et que la disposition des perforations ne correspondait
pas. As-tu des images ou refs biblio pour des pièces comparables ?

Cheers,

Jean-Marc



"isabelle.sidera" <isabelle.sidera at mae.u-paris10.fr> a écrit :

> Dear Jean-Marc
>
> I am thinking to a part of a bell « un battant de cloche «. It is  
> traditional for animals and could fit finely with the context of find.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Isabelle
>
>
>
>
> Isabelle SIDERA o Directrice de recherche au CNRS
> Directrice de l'UMR 7055 Préhistoire et Technologie
>
> maison Archéologie & ethnologie, René-Ginouvès (MAE)
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> https://cnrs-gif.academia.edu/ <https://cnrs-gif.academia.edu/>
>> Le 6 oct. 2015 à 15:18, Jean-Marc Petillon <petillon at univ-tlse2.fr>  
>> a écrit :
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> this artifact was found in a shepherd's hut used between the 3rd and the
>> 11th cent. AD in the French Pyrenees (Ossau valley, ca. 1900 m ASL). It
>> was made on a cattle (Bos) metatarsal, the proximal end was cut straight
>> with a metal blade, the mesial hole was carved with a blade as well, but
>> the distal fracture was apparently caused by wear (something - probably
>> a rope of some kind - wore down the compact tissue until it finally
>> broke). There is a slight polish all over the object, especially on the
>> edges, but no visible trace inside the marrow canal.
>>
>> I tried the old "I can't help you, I'm a prehistorian" trick with my
>> medievist colleague but it didn't work, so I'm posting this on the
>> Bonetools list. The piece was interpreted as a handle (maybe half its
>> original length) that was broken and then recycled as a whistle (?), but
>> any parallels, comparisons and ideas are welcome !
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jean-Marc




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