Dear Olivier,<br><br>it seems to be a weaving tablet, there are a lot of analogies from Roman contexts (we have a triangular one from our site (Brigetio, Hungary)). There is a list of Roman weaving-tablets in<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b> </b>Wild,
J. P., </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Textile
Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">,
Cambridge 1970</font></font></font>, if I remember well. <br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>David Bartus <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/10 PUTELAT Olivier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivier.putelat@pair-archeologie.fr">olivier.putelat@pair-archeologie.fr</a>></span><br>
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<div><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear colleagues, we found on a settlement (Menetru-le-Vignoble, France, Jura, 5th AD), in a very small antler workshop, this antler artefact (photos attached). The dimensions are as follows: </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">- length 45 mm</span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">- width 44 mm </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">- thickness: 1.5 mm </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">- diameter holes: 1.5 mm </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Does somebody have an idea of the possible function of this object? </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mac Gregor (Mac Gregor 1999 at Cuppergate, York, period 4 B, 930-975 AD, p. 1876 & 1969) identifies the type of object as a weaving tablet. </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Does somebody have an another idea of the possible function of this object? </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks in advance. Sincerely yours. OP.</span></font></pre>
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