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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Wow!! Definitely antler no two ways about it. The body of the object is beam with the spongy medulla removed. The 'lip' to the side is formed from the base of a tine where it branched from the main beam.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">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 id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Bonetools <bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of Marta Moreno García <marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 September 2018 14:50<br>
<b>To:</b> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] help with material identification</font>
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<p>Dear all, <br>
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<p>a medievalist colleague of mine asked me to help her with the identification of the material the object below is made of. This is a small box dated to the Middle Ages that it is presently housed in the monastery of San Isodoro, León, Spain. The measurements
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<p>Base at longest point: 57mm </p>
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Metal top diameter: 34mm </p>
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Height (antler only): 44mm</p>
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By the elongated shape of the top we thought it was made of antler but I am not sure. What do you think? Any ideas? Do you know of any parallels?</p>
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Thanks a lot, <br>
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Marta</p>
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