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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I'm sure Prof. Poplin knows these objects, as he examined most Hippo ivory items in Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ariel Shatil<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> jmg433@cornell.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] passing on the question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi John, Alice and Etan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I once thought doing a little research on these objects, so I know of a few more examples besides the one from Qana.<o:p></o:p></p>
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At least one example was found in Bir es-Sfadi \ Khirbet Zafad near Be'er Sheba by J. Perrot. I'm not sure it was ever published, but it might be worthwhile to check out his article "Statuettes en Ivoire et Autre Objets en Ivoire et en os Provenant des Prehistoriques
de la Region de Beersheba". I think its in the journal <i>Syria</i> from 1959. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If its not published there, you might want to contact The National Treasures Center of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The item you are looking for is numbered IAA 1958-597 and I know they have really nice
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is another example you might want to check out. It is unpublished but I've seen a picture of it. Its very fragmented (more than 20 pieces) and in my opinion does not look exactly like the objects you are looking for. It is said to
come from the site of el-Bira. The problem is that this site earliest level is the Iron Age. So I suspect its either an Iron Age or later object, or the object was registered to el-Bira mistakenly, and might actually be from somewhere else (maybe
<b>Bir</b> es-Sfadi?). Again, it might be worth while to contact the IAA National Treasures Center. This fragmented item is numbered there IAA 2013-1335.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ariel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:13 PM, <span lang="HE" dir="RTL">איתן איילון
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><<a href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il" target="_blank">etana@eretzmuseum.org.il</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">At least one similar piece was found in the Chalcolithic assemblage from Nahal Qana Cave, Israel (along with, inter alia, 4 rare gold rings!), published in a book by Avi Gopher
and Tsvika Tsuk which won't be difficult to find.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Etan Ayalon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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on behalf of Alice Choyke [<a href="mailto:choyke@gmail.com" target="_blank">choyke@gmail.com</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 19, 2015 3:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] passing on the question</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">John Gorczyk from Cornell University in the States
</span><span style="color:black">(<a href="mailto:jmg433@cornell.edu" target="_blank">jmg433@cornell.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> has asked me to pass on this query. As always please respond to the list and directly to John's email
(see above) as well.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">A friend of mine is working on her BA thesis on hippo tusk artifacts from Nahal Mishmar. These tusks have numerous perforations all along the length of the tusk fragment (see link below). She's
having difficulty finding other examples of such artifacts, and I told her I'd send the question out to the zooarch community. Does anyone know of other examples of, or publications about, these artifacts? Thanks!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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