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<div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>During our excavations in July 2006, on the gallo-roman site of Bois des Noël at Matagne-la-Grande (Doische, Belgium), we found the bone artefact which is illustrated below. It is coming from a level dated of the fourth century AD.</div><div><br></div><div>We don't know what it is. Can anyone help us to identify this object and give us some comparisons.</div><div><br></div><div>Hoping to have some answers...</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>Pierre Cattelain</div><div><div>Directeur</div><div>Université Libre de Bruxelles - Site de Treignes</div><div>Écomusée du Viroin - Asbl DIRE</div><div>81, rue de la Gare</div><div>5670 Treignes</div><div>00 32 (0)476 96 70 54</div><div><a href="mailto:pierre.cattelain@ulb.ac.be">pierre.cattelain@ulb.ac.be</a></div></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span></div><span></span></body></html>