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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps the object was what we call "belt divider" (which could also used to divide other groups of thin leather stripes or threads), or a weaving tablet? Cf.:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ayalon, E. 2005. <i>The Assemblage of Bone and Ivory Artifacts from Caesarea Maritima, Israel 1<sup>st</sup>-13<sup>th</sup> Centuries CE </i>(BAR IS 1457). Oxford:30, No. 89, Fig. 8:89<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>S O'Connor<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 04, 2013 2:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Etan, Boris and Maja,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your comments I will pass your comments on to Erik. I have not seen the object myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Post-doctoral Research Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Archaeological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Division of AGES, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>fax 01274 23 5210<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]">[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Etan Ayalon<br><b>Sent:</b> 04 March 2013 11:23<br><b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for thestudy of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>By the way, on October 30, 2012 Putelat Oliviers sent a mail about a piece of bone with a rather similar row of holes, found in an Iron Age salt works in Lorrain, France. You, Sonia, had a suggestion for its use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> [<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>S O'Connor<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 04, 2013 12:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will ask Erik if he can be any more precise about the date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Post-doctoral Research Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Archaeological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Division of AGES, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>fax 01274 23 5210<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]">[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Etan Ayalon<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 March 2013 06:22<br><b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for thestudy of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What is the date of this object?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> [<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Selena Vitezovic<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 01, 2013 6:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello everyone, <br><br>There is a paper from M. Meneses Fernandez on similar objects (although from Neolithic), with experimental results, in the volume "Trace et fonction: les gestes retrouvés", eds. P. Anderson, S. Beyries, M. Otte and H, Plisson. <br><br>best regards, Selena <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1 March 2013 17:45, S O'Connor <<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk" target="_blank">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for these observations </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>François, I will pass them on to Erik.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sonia</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PhD FSA FIIC 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<b>On Behalf Of </b>François Poplin<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 March 2013 14:33<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] FW: Bone object - textile manufacture?</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Indeed, the worn of the "entire broken" end is more moticeable than the wear of the "last" (complete) hole (it's clear that another, a "more last" hole was there, and necessarily - the thing won't break between to holes). The wear of the inter-hole may be due to a leather strap/band rather than to a thread, for the worn spreads widely in the hole (and not causing an ogival bay). That makes me think of an attachment for hanging the piece or, rather, for attaching something to it, as in a "porte clés". Again, the whole worn of that end is the more important thing; maybe was the break rasped first in orther to make it "flat", to get rid of the irregularity.<br><br>the repeated drill-holes (made with the same drill, I suppose) did not receive moving thread, string, as they show no worn - but, for the same rason, they coud have received firm bars of wood, for instance, as in a ladder. I don't dare to thing that this was just an exercise of drilling... : after the break, maybe, not before; and the hole are too regurlarly distrbuited (in line and in equidistance)<br><br>Inbetween, the clok has run.. I have to stop.<br><br>Your's. <br><br>Le 01/03/2013 13:37, S O'Connor a écrit : <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear All,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am forwarding on this enquiry from a student at the University of Durham. I have objects like this, but not so thick, in wood and plastic on which I store my different coloured threads when I am working on an embroidery project. However the pattern of wear does not really support this use. Perhaps the wear and polish at the broken end suggests a reuse of something originally made for an entirely different purpose. If you have any suggestions or parallels, please let me know and I will forward them on to Erik.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sonia</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Post-doctoral Research Fellow</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Archaeological Sciences</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Division of AGES, </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Bradford</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>fax 01274 23 5210</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Dr. O'Connor,<br><br>My name is Erik Farrell; I am a student in the MA Artefact Conservation programme at Durham university, and am currently working on identifying a bone object for the Durham Oriental Museum. I suspect it to be either a tool associated with textile manufacture, or potentially an oddly shaped spacer bead, but because of the poor survival rate of textile tools am having a difficult time finding any comparable examples. I contacted Dr. Mary Brooks here at Durham, and she recommended I contact you as someone with expertise in both bone artefacts and textiles.<br><br>The object is made of bone; I am working on getting a species identification, but have managed to rule out ivory. It is from Egypt, but it is from an older collection, so I do not yet have a date range or cultural period.<br><br>You can see in the photos that the broken end is tapered on the surviving piece, and looks like it would have come to a point or a rounded point. There are holes along the entire length, but only the hole at the complete end shows wear; it looks like it has been worn by a thread passing through the hole, wrapped around the back end of the object. It is this wear pattern that makes me think textile manufacture may be an option. I don't really know what to make of the lack of comparable wear in the other holes.<br><br>I have attached the artefact photos and a scan of the archaeological drawing to this email. I am hoping your background and knowledge of bone objects and textile production may give some insight on potential uses for this object. I have also included a couple photos of breaks under the microscope on the chance that you might be able to give some insight into what sort of bone this is, but I know that sort of identification is usually done with the object in hand. Any information you can give me - even if it is just speculation on potential uses for a tool of this size and shape - would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thank you very much,<br><br>Erik Farrell</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bonetools mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>François POPLIN <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Directeur honoraire de l’UMR 7209 Archéozoologie, Archébotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Responsable du Séminaire d'Anthropozoologie <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>CP 56 <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Ancien Laboratoire d’Anatomie comparée <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>55, rue de Buffon <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>75005 Paris <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>01 40 79 33 11 <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>fax ------ 33 14 <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="http://francoispoplin.blogspot.com" target="_blank">francoispoplin.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.symanteccloud.com">http://www.symanteccloud.com</a><br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.symanteccloud.com">http://www.symanteccloud.com</a><br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.symanteccloud.com">http://www.symanteccloud.com</a><br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>