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<p>Dear Marta,</p>
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<p>The broken section of the connecting plate of this comb shows that the material is antler.</p>
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<p>Sonia</p>
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Dr Sonia O'Connor <font size="1">PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</font>
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<div>Archaeological Sciences</div>
<div>Division of AGES</div>
<div>University of Bradford</div>
<div>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP</div>
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<div>Tel 01274 236498</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Bonetools <bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of MARTA MORENO GARCIA <marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 May 2016 19:06<br>
<b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Medieval Italian comb</font>
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<p>Dear all,<br>
I am currently studying the bone assemblage recovered from the Duomo of Padova (Italy) dated to the early and high Middle Ages. An Italian student is working with the worked bone material, among which there is this comb (see attached photographs) that comes
from the cleaning layer. First of all, I would like to ask for your expertise in order to identify the material it is made of and secondly, I would appreciate very much any comments you would like to make on its typology. If you send some bibliography we can
read, it would be great!<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Marta</p>
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