[Bonetools] Roman cremation burial

[Lóránt Vass]

Dear Marloes,
I tried to send this mail several times on the mailing list but without any success so far. Hopefully, this will find its destination. :)
Regarding the first item, I can only confirm the  infos provided by Stephen Greep. It is very hard to determine the function of the long tubular artifact with disc and terminal. As Stephen Greep has already mentioned, it is believed to be a hinge of a furniture article. However, its large size and the lack of attaching holes for wooden shavings that would assure the opening/closing mechanism shed doubt in this concern. On the other hand, this long and narrow cilyndrical form is not characteristic for Roman pyxis/containers, although it could have been easily used as a cosmetic container. The examples given by Alice Choyke from Aquincum looks similar, but they are smaller and much wider.Does the find context indicate any furniture element (casket, kline etc.) that has been also cremated? The small bone pegs, although I did not find analogies for them in bone, look similar to the bronze casket mounts/ornamental pegs that usually cover the outer surface of a wooden casket.Are these finds from an early cremation grave (1st-2nd c. AD)?
Lóránt
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