<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>Hi - yes, a lovely piece.
<div>Don't suppose anyone has any idea what the opposite side looks like? I can't tell from the photo whether it's likely to be the same as the shown side or flat. Though if it were flat it seems unlikely to have been interpreted as a gaming piece?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As Steve has mentioned, the style and subject are very reminiscent of Hiberno-Norse and 'Viking' influence objects, which would put it in the period ascribed. I can see if I can find some examples in my files, if you like...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>cheers</div>
<div>Pam<br>
<br>
<div style="clear:both">
<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Pamela J Cross</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"><br>
PhD researcher, Zoo/Bioarchaeology<br>
Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP UK<br>
p.j.cross (at) student.bradford.ac.uk / pajx
(at) aol.com<br>
</span><a href="http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:white">http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
background:white"><a href="http://bradford.academia.edu/PamCross" target="_blank">http://bradford.academia.edu/PamCross</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Life at the Edge</b> <i>"liminality...enable[s] evolution and growth ... Boundaries and <b>edges</b> also characterize the dynamics of landscapes ... environments..[both intellectual and physical]."</i> </font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Andrews & Roberts 2012, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Liminal Landscapes</span></div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Steve Ashby <steve.ashby@york.ac.uk><br>
To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn. <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu><br>
Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2015 7:31 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Comments on an Object<br>
<br>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_3c3796d8-62ff-489a-8116-05c5b5635b14">
<div class="aolReplacedBody">
<div dir="ltr">
Nice object! I can't really see how it's a gaming piece either. And I can't think of much Late Saxon that looks like that. I'd guess later, though it does have certain (presumably coincidental) similarities with earlier material from north of the border, don't you think?
<div>
<br>
Steve
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all">
<div>
<div class="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<br>
<br>
Dr Steven P Ashby, FSA
<br>
<div>
Chair of Board of Studies
<br>
Dept of Archaeology
<br>
University of York
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology">www.york.ac.uk/archaeology</a>
<br>
<br>
Awards Officer, Finds Research Group
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.frg700-1700.org.uk">www.frg700-1700.org.uk</a>
</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
Please support families and communities in Langtang, Nepal:
<a style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" href="http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm">http://www.justgiving.com/langtang-survivors</a>
</div>
<div>
<br>
<br>
Please see the University of York's email disclaimer:
<span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span>
<a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" href="http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm">http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm</a>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
On 14 August 2015 at 15:21, Alice Choyke
<span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:choyke@gmail.com">choyke@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
I have absolutely no idea about possible analogies for this carving but does the object as a whole look as much like a seahorse as it seems to?
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
Alice
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div>
<div class="h5">
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 4:13 PM,
<a target="_blank" href="mailto:trzaska@lineone.net">trzaska@lineone.net</a>
<span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:trzaska@lineone.net">trzaska@lineone.net</a>></span> wrote:
<br>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div class="h5">
<br>
Dear Specialists,
<br>
<br>
The enclosed poster is for an exhibition of Anglo-Saxon objects in Southampton, England, which
<br>
begins at the end of this week. I'm sure that you will all want to go to the exhibition, but my
<br>
question is really about the lovely object displayed on the poster. It came from Westgate Street in
<br>
Southampton, a site within the boundaries of medieval Southampton.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The object is advertised as Late Saxon (10th to mid 11th century) but I suspect that it is much
<br>
later in date. Has anybody seen anything like it ?
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Ian Riddler
<br>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________
<br>
Bonetools mailing list
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>
<br>
<a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________
<br>
Bonetools mailing list
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>
<br>
<a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_7625346c-7cba-4cd0-a3b1-b4d23ef51b46" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;">
<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>_______________________________________________
Bonetools mailing
list
<a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>
<a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a>
</tt></pre>
</div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_7625346c-7cba-4cd0-a3b1-b4d23ef51b46 -->
</div>
</div>
</font>