<div>Of course, the comb hypothesis makes total sense. Marloes - did such composite combs exist in the 16th-17th century?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/21 Bénédicte Khan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:benedicte.khan@gmail.com">benedicte.khan@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hello Marlos and Alice,<br><br>I know there are wooden equivalents existing where several of these where attached together so it would be a bigger ruler when needed and then could be shortened by folding one back on another. But I must admit that the piece you sent seems a little too short to belong to such a system.. But why not? <br>
Moreover, the fact that the sides are not flat does bug me a little, because it could be hard to measure properly with a non straight ruler.. <br><br>It looks a lot more like the central part of a composite comb to me, as those found in Roman and Medieval contexts. Indeed, there is a part of a composite comb found in France that wears almost the same marks (though it is more decorated, the cuts on the longest sides are definitely there). You can find it in J.C Beal's catalogue <i>Les objets de tabletterie antique du musée archéologique de Nîmes, </i>1984. N°384. <br>
<br>Here's the object I'm talking about: the cuts may not be as regular as yours, but I hope this might still help. <br><br>Sincerely, <br><br>Bénédicte. <br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/21 Alice Choyke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:h13017cho@iif.hu" target="_blank">h13017cho@iif.hu</a>></span>
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<div> It does look like a ruler in some manufacturing process where large and small units of equal size need to be marked out. You do have the most interesting objects. I wonder if there is some modern equivelent in metal?</div>
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<div>On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com" target="_blank">marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div>Dear all,<br> <br>Any suggestions? (16th/17th century AD).<br> <br>Best, Marloes<br><br></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>
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