[Bonetools] help with material identification

[Sonia O'Connor]

Wow!! Definitely antler no two ways about it.  The body of the object is beam with the spongy medulla removed. The 'lip' to the side is formed from the base of a tine where it branched from the main beam.


Sonia


Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York
Post-doctoral Researcher
Archaeological Sciences
Division of AGES
University of Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP

Tel 01274 236498


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From: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of Marta Moreno García <marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es>
Sent: 24 September 2018 14:50
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Subject: [Bonetools] help with material identification


Dear all,

a medievalist colleague of mine asked me to help her with the identification of the material the object below is made of. This is a small box dated to the Middle Ages that it is presently housed in the monastery of San Isodoro, León, Spain. The measurements are as follow:

Base at longest point: 57mm

Metal top diameter: 34mm

Height (antler only): 44mm

By the elongated shape of the top we thought it was made of antler but I am not sure. What do you think? Any ideas? Do you know of any parallels?

Thanks a lot,

Marta













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