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<p style="margin-left=11mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=0mm"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Daniella Bar-Yosef sent this message to the Zooarch list but I
thought
there might just be someone on the WBRG list who has an idea what
this object is (I have sent the image in the attachment but it can also
be viewed on the link below). I wonder if it could be some kind of inlay
and someone else on the ICAZ mailing list has suggested a pre-form
bead.</span></font></p>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Alice</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Daniella Bar-Yosef
<</span></font><a href="mailto:baryosef@research.haifa.ac.il"><font face="Arial">
<u>baryosef@research.haifa.ac.il</u></font></a><font face="Arial">
> wrote:</font></div>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I was asked to comment on an artifact made of ostrich egg shell from a
Roman site in Israel. I would appreciate your help. Has anyone seen
anything similar? I have uploaded the photo in bone comments, see link
below.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Best wishes for 2009,Daniella Bar-Yosef</span></font></div>
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