<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I entirely agree whith Sonia's proposal. The same technique is applied for doing mesolithic and neolithic hooks and for emptying rings.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best wishes to all for 2009, Isabelle Sidéra</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Le 7 janv. 09 à 18:02, S O'Connor a écrit :</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Dear Alice,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 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 the right shape which could then be filed and sanded to form a circular opening.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Happy New Year.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sonia<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV><P><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; color:navy">Dr Sonia O'Connor FIIC ACR<BR> Research Fellow in Conservation<BR> Archaeological Sciences<BR> Division of AGES</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="navy"><SPAN style="color:navy"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">University</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACETYPE><FONT size="2" color="navy"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"> of <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Bradford</ST1:PLACENAME></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><BR> <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><FONT size="2" color="navy"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; 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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> </DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><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><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><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><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><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; font-family:Arial">Hello everyone,</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><BR> </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><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><BR> </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><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><BR> <A href="http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1261#1261"><FONT size="2" face="Helvetica"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1261#1261</SPAN></FONT></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Dr.Alice M.Choyke</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Aquincum</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACENAME><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Museum</ST1:PLACETYPE></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; 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