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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Jennifer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Such objects are usually explained as belt divider, bead separator or even a weaving tablet. One example (also not complete) was found in Caesarea, Israel. It
did not originate in a dated locus but is probably of the Roman/Byzantine/Early Islamic period (1<sup>st</sup>-11<sup>th</sup> cen.). see:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.85pt;line-height:150%">Ayalon, E. 2005.
<i>The Assemblage of Bone and Ivory Artifacts from Caesarea</i><i><span style="line-height:150%"> Maritima, Israel, 1<sup>st</sup>-13<sup>th</sup> Centuries CE</span></i><span style="line-height:150%"> (BAR IS 1457). Oxford</span><span style="line-height:150%">,
p. 30 (with other parallels from the Levant and Europe), Fig. 8:89.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Hull<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 05, 2019 2:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Identification & Reference assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I have been advised that the attached item might be a bead-separator (it is also incomplete). I have not seen one like this, and overall I am having difficulty finding references to assist in its
identification/interpretation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If anyone has any suggestions regarding it's functional identification or of references useful to its analysis I would be greatly appreciative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you & Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#282828">Jennifer R. Hull</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#282828">PhD Candidate</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#282828">Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)<br>
Research School of Humanities & The Arts<br>
School of Archaeology & Anthropology</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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