Dear Delphin,<br> We have some o2nd-3rd c. pins and cylindrical objects with just such spiral patterns from Roman Aquincum (Hungary). I will see what Maria Biro reports . I also vaguely remember similar objects reported on by Etan Ayalon from Caesarea. But I must check that as well unless Etan would like to come to our rescue himself...<br>
<br>Best,<br>Alice<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM, delphine minni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:delphine.minni@inrap.fr">delphine.minni@inrap.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear colleagues,<br>
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Please find enclosed pictures of two bone artifacts recently discovered during<br>
an excavation in Strasbourg (France). The site is considered to be dated<br>
somewhere<br>
between the Roman and Medieval periods (<a href="http://www.inrap.fr/archeologie-%0Apreventive/Sites_archeologiques/p-2345-4_rue_Brulee.htm" target="_blank">http://www.inrap.fr/archeologie-<br>
preventive/Sites_archeologiques/p-2345-4_rue_Brulee.htm</a>)<br>
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The view is that one of them (1223-3) is some sort of handle, however we have<br>
been unable to locate anything comparable. The spiral pattern suggests that it<br>
comes from<br>
the Medieval period rather than Roman.<br>
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The second one (1106-14), we have absolutely no idea of what the item is, its<br>
use and what period it lends itself toward.<br>
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We would appreciate your comments regarding any of the above comments.<br>
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Thank you for your time<br>
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Regards<br>
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