<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello everybody, <br><br>I hope you can help me with some finds from one of my excavations in Nuremberg, Germany. <br><br>I have found several more or less octagonal pieces made from antler. They come in different sizes, the form varies a bit. I have attached some of them for you. They were found in several pits dating 1385 - 1406/07 with lots of waste from several different workshops such as blacksmiths, workshops producing bone-beads, bronze casting craftsmen, a potter doing mostly small figurines and many more (so no clear hint from the other finds as to in what context they might have been used). <br><br>By now the only finds I can compare them to are from Ribe, Denmark, where they are guessing they might be inserted into turning lathes. But that is only a speculation, although a pretty good one in my book. I have attached a drawing from a publication on
Ribe as well. <br><br>Has anybody ever seen something like them? Does anybody have a fresh idea for what they might have been used?<br><br>Thanks in advance and all best wishes from Germany<br><br>Melanie Langbein M.A.<br><br>
mlangbeinarch@yahoo.de</td></tr></table>