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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you for the quick reactions about this small find. I´m still on the excavation but I will work on it as soon as possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> איתן איילון [mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il]
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 06. September 2015 09:22<br>
<b>An:</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> Elise Baudouin<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> RE: [Bonetools] Bone find from Ephesos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shalom Ariel from Tel Aviv…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The photo Elise sent clearly shows that her object has a plug-lid like Caesarea's No. 301, while the type you describe has a flat lid that was
glued in place. But the general similarity is clear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> Bonetools [<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ariel Shatil<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 06, 2015 9:16 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> <a href="mailto:elise.baudouin@oeai.at">elise.baudouin@oeai.at</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Bone find from Ephesos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Elise and mailing list colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">A few similar items, nicely lathe-turned from large metapod shafts were also found in Jerusalem in 8-9th centuries AD context (Early Islamic). They all have an inside ridge on top to support
the lid.They are closer in appearance to item 303 in the plate Etan attached to his mail, but they vary greatly in size: the largest one is almost 10cm high, while the smallest is less than 4cm high. I think this may support Etan's suggestion as board game
pieces. The Ephesus item is truly beautiful! I wonder if it has a flat lid, or a plug-lid like item 301 in Etan's publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ariel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM, </span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL">איתן איילון
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US"><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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">This nice object could be a gaming piece, i.e.,
<u>a pawn</u> in chess, or a damka piece. Compare to the objects in the attached plate, of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (4<sup>th</sup>-8<sup>th</sup> centuries and maybe later) found in Caesarea Maritima, Israel. See especially No. 301
(6<sup>th</sup>-7<sup>th</sup> cent.) made of cattle metatarsus, with the same type of lid. See:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ariel Shatil<br>
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