Dear Vas, <br><br>This looks similar - on the photo is an antler tool from Feudvar (Vojvodina), from Vatin culture layer (Bronze Age) from Vojvodina Museum in Novi Sad, and it is interpreted as piece of horse harness - the lateral part of it. On the drawing are some similar Vatin culture objects (maybe even the same one from museum exibition), published in Starinar no 26. <br>
hope this helps! <br>best regards, Selena <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/28 Vas Lorant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:v_lorant@yahoo.com">v_lorant@yahoo.com</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;">
Dear all,<br>
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Almost one year ago, I posted the picture of this unidentified antler object. I thought I put it again, maybe somebody has further ideas concerning its functionality. The object is a Roman artifact coming from a Roman site from Napoca, province of Dacia. It is made of an antler tine, gouged into a rectangular form. It has on its outer surface a set of 4 drilled holes on each side (on one side 5 holes). The holes from the different sides are situated on the same position, so you can pull a thin object through the object without any trouble. The idea of being a handle of a tool seems to me very questionable, because then the sets of perforations from the 4 sides of objects would be useless. The object isn't drilled inside only a little part of it, on its wider end.<br>
Does anyone have any clue concerning its functionality?<br>
Thank you<br>
All the best<br>
Lorant Vass<br>
Cluj-Napoca<br>
Romania<br>
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