[Bonetools] Fwd: [ZOOARCH] mysterious tooth tool

[François POPLIN]

rather right tooth 

remarquable is the thick deposit/coat of cementum on the (2nd view i.e. lingual side), leading to think to a sequestrum 


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This query just came into the Zooarch mailing list and I thought I would forward it on to you guys as well. 

Alice 

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From: Johanna Sigl < [ mailto:00002b9433a7872a-dmarc-request at jiscmail.ac.uk | 00002b9433a7872a-dmarc-request at jiscmail.ac.uk ] > 
Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:56 
Subject: [ZOOARCH] mysterious tooth tool 
To: < [ mailto:ZOOARCH at jiscmail.ac.uk | ZOOARCH at jiscmail.ac.uk ] > 


Dear colleagues, 

this spring I discovered an unusual tooth tool (?) in the animal remains 
from 1800 BCE Elephantine Island, Aswan. The object can most likely be 
identified as left fourth premolar of the mandible (P4) of sheep or 
goat, but due to the shaping of the thing I cannot be 100% sure. It 
might have been drawn or fallen out of the jaw due to infections on its 
roots (?), which are still visible in form of deep irregular craters on 
the lingual surface (picture attached: second from left). On the buccal 
side (far right) the uppermost part of the roots might still be 
discernible, however, the roots themselves have been removed or were 
already pathologically deformed. The stumps of the roots have been 
rounded. Scratch marks on the buccal side just below the preserved 
remains of enamel might indicate that it had been mounted in a handle or 
derive from the use of the object. The occlusal surface has been worn or 
scraped down in a steep angle, forming a more or less straight surface 
dropping off from a sharp lingual edge towards the buccal root area. On 
the lingual side a small half-moon shaped area had been removed to 
counterpoint the occlusal abrasion, thus forming the mentioned sharp edge. 

Has anyone ever come across a tooth/tool like this? I would appreciate 
any kind of suggestion! 

Thanks a lot and all the best 

Johanna 


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Dr. Johanna Sigl 

SPP2143 - Entangled Africa 

Commission for Archaeology of None-European Cultures (KAAK) 

German Archaeological Institute 


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