I am very surprised. This is my first participation in this site and in only one day three of you have answered. It´s fantastic!!!<br><br>The piece was found last year in an official excavation in Italy, but nothing about it has been published. So, I don´t know if I can give you details. (I have to ask this to the manager).<br>
<br>I am researching bonetools at University and one of my tasks is cataloguing some pieces. As I have little experience, I am not sure about this one. I have read some publications* about this subject but I haven´t found any similar piece. <br>
<br>Thanking you, <br><br>Jose Fernández<br><br><br>* MacGregor A.<i> Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn</i>, London1985<br> Béal J.C. <i>Catalogue des objets de tabletterie du Musee de la civilisation gallo-romaine de Lyon</i>, 1983<br>
Bertrand I. (Dir) <i>Le travail de l'os, du bois de cerf et de la corne à l'epoque romaine</i>, 2008<br> Archer St. Clair <i>Carving as Craft</i>, 2003<br> and others<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2009/9/3 François Poplin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:poplin@mnhn.fr">poplin@mnhn.fr</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I know a very close, quite identical parallel, but, before going further, I would like to know whether that piece has been found in an official excavation, is in a museum, what kind of collection, etc.<br>
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Sorry to be a little late, I was on vacation on the countryside (Auxerre, Burgundy).<br>
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