<div dir="ltr">I agree - this is one case where even a crude (low magnification) use wear study  would be critical. Is this piece Roman or Iron Age?<div><br></div><div>Alice</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:12 PM, S O'Connor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk" target="_blank">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Marloes,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Is there any evidence of wear on the serrations? Either on the flat sides or the edges of the points?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Sonia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Post-doctoral Research Fellow<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Archaeological Sciences<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Division of AGES,  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">University of Bradford<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">fax 01274 23 5210<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marloes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 02 March 2014 20:03<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] roman tool<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div>
<div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear all,<br> <br>Does anyone have references or parallels for this Roman tool? It is made of a rib and dated to the 3rd century AD.<br>
 <br>Best wishes,<br>Marloes<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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