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<body class='hmmessage'>Dear Pierre Cattelain,<BR>
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Is this bone? Did you photograph the other side of it as well?<BR><BR>Greetings, <BR>
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Marloes<BR><BR><BR>
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To: bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<BR>From: cedarc@skynet.be<BR>Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:40:46 +0200<BR>Subject: [Bonetools] (no subject)<BR><BR>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Arial" face=Arial size=4>Dear Colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Arial" face=Arial size=4>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Arial" face=Arial size=4>We don't know what it is. Can anyone help us to identify this object and give us some comparisons.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Arial" face=Arial size=4>Hoping to have some answers...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Arial" face=Arial size=4>Best regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Pierre Cattelain</DIV>
<DIV>Directeur</DIV>
<DIV>CEDARC asbl / Musée du Malgré-Tout</DIV>
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<DIV>B-5670 Treignes (Viroinval-Belgique)</DIV>
<DIV>00 32 (0)60 39 02 43</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:cedarc@skynet.be">cedarc@skynet.be</A></DIV><BR class=EC_Apple-interchange-newline><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Plan je evenement, nodig mensen uit en deel je foto's <a href='http://events.live.com' target='_new'>met Windows Live Events</a></body>
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