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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think that the piece of ostrich shell might
not be so much a functional or decorative object in itself, but a waste piece.
If you want to cut a large circular hole in the egg you could drill a ring of
holes and then break or saw through the narrow gaps between the drill holes.
I’ve done something like this in wood to attach a lock when I didn’t
have the correct tool cut a single hole with a large enough diameter. This process
produces a waste piece like the one you have and would leave a hole of roughly
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>h13017cho@helka.iif.hu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 04 January 2009 18:56<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu;
etana@eretzmuseum.org.il<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bonetools] odd ostrich
object</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alice</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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><span
style='font-family:Arial'> baryosef@research.haifa.ac.il</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> > wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>I was asked to comment on an artifact made of ostrich egg shell from a
Roman site in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
I would appreciate your help. Has anyone seen anything similar? I have uploaded
the photo in bone comments, see link below.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Best wishes for 2009,Daniella Bar-Yosef</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>or</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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