<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3419"><span>Hi,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3420">I also think it was part of a two-piece bone handle. The remains of the iron tang would also argue for this function. The circular perforation on the broader terminal would have been served as a suspension hole. There are certain depictions on funerary monuments from Roman age which illustrate the hanging of knives by these holes. </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3443"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3443">All the best,</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3443">Lóránt</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3443"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3479" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3478"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3477"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3476"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3475"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3474"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Feladó:</span></b> Alice Choyke <choyke@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Címzett:</span></b> "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> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elküldve:</span></b> 2017. augusztus 9., Szerda 16.55<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tárgy:</span></b> Re: [Bonetools] Roman artefact Spain<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3537"><br><div id="yiv1830645918"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3539"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3538">Actually that was kind of my first thought as well.<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3540"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3541">alice</div></div><div class="yiv1830645918gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3542"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1830645918gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502302399547_3543">On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Lang Felix <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Felix.Lang@sbg.ac.at" target="_blank" href="mailto:Felix.Lang@sbg.ac.at">Felix.Lang@sbg.ac.at</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1830645918gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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could it be a handle made of bone plates?<br clear="none">
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<div>A colleague who is excavating at a Roman site in northern Spain has sent me the picture attached of an artefact and they are wondering what it might be. Any thoughts? I apologise for the bad quality of the photo, but they sent it to me directly from the
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<div>The object is around 7 cm long and is composed of two flat pieces, with bits of iron in the thiner end (the right one in the photo), like if it was studded in order to put something else there.</div>
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<div>Thanks for your help in advance!</div>
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