<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Given that the holes appear to be countersunk or conical, it could be a drawplate for metal wire threads such as trichinopoly. Similar examples in bone are known from Gotland, Sweden. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>David Constantine</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> PUTELAT Olivier <olivier.putelat@pair-archeologie.fr><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" <Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 17:10<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Bonetools] identification...<br> </font> </div> <br>Dear colleagues, an archaeologist asks your expertise on this object (attached document) found in a salt factory (first iron age) in Lorraine (France). <br>Any suggestions welcome... Thanks in advance. Olivier.<br><br><br>Olivier PUTELAT<br>POLE D'ARCHEOLOGIE INTERDEPARTEMENTAL RHENAN (PAIR)<br>Service d'Archéologie et Recherches Scientifiques - Laboratoire mixte d'ostéo-archéologie - Archéozoologue<br>Tél 07 60 20 24 02<br>2, allée Thomas Edison<br>ZA Sud - CIRSUD<br>F-67600
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