[Bonetools] Fwd: bone tool

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Ian,
      Good grief - any clue what your objects were used for? looking
forward to seeing the report - you can actually send it to the whole list
as we accept attachments although the attachments are not archived.

Best,
Alice

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 10:44 AM, trzaska at lineone.net <trzaska at lineone.net>
wrote:

> Hello Etan and Alice,
>
> It certainly looks like a metatarsal to me as well. We have an abundance
> of these objects from late
> prehistoric contexts in England and almost 50 were found in a single pit
> in Bedfordshire. The
> standard text on them is in the Dragonby report and I will copy that for
> you and send it along,
> with a few other texts,
>
> Ian Riddler
>
> ----Original Message----
> From: choyke at gmail.com
> Date: 27/07/2017 17:26
> To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of
>  object and waste of bone,
>  antler. ivory and horn."<bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
> Subj: [Bonetools] Fwd: bone tool
>
> Dear Etan,
>      The bone appears to be a metatarsal  although it really does not look
> like any kind of a cervid to me. However, identifying from a picture is a
> fool's game. It is quite a mysterious object isn't it.  Etan - will you be
> keeping your e-mail now or do I need to change your e-mail on the list (
> bonetools at listserv.niif.hu)? I would love to retire and get some time to
> actually do the work I love - I am quite jealous.
>
> Best,
> Alice
>
> ------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: איתן איילון <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il>
> Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 6:09 PM
> Subject: bone tool
> To: Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.hu>
>
>
> Dear Alice,
>
> I have retired 3 weeks ago and work from home. For some reason I don't find
> the mail address of the whole group. Can you pass this mail to everyone?
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Attached are a drawing and photo of a bone tool found many years ago in a
> 13th-12th century BCE fortress in Yotvata, in the Israeli Negev 30 km north
> of Elat. The animal was identified as Dama mesopotamica. Is the left
> hole natural? The right one is drilled and there is another one on the
> opposite side (not shown in the drawing).
>
>
>
> Can you confirm the animal identification and identify the bone? Does
> anyone know parallels, suggestions for the use of this object?
>
> The tool has not been published yet, so....
>
> Thanks
>
> Etan Ayalon
>
>
>
>
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