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it is cetacean jaw bone. probably on of the larger baleen bearing whales.</div>
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Sonia</div>
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Dr Sonia O'Connor <font size="1">PhD FSA FIIC ACR </font>
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<div>Department of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences</div>
<div>University of Bradford</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 Lóránt Vass <v_lorant@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 December 2019 23:01<br>
<b>To:</b> Antler. Ivory and Horn. Mailing List for Archaeologists of the Research Group for the Study of Object and Waste of Bone <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Strange bone artifact from Syria</font>
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<div dir="ltr">I got some photos with a very strange bone object from Syria. One of my Syrian students sent me these pictures. According to her, the sculpture belongs to a friend who does not know anything about the place it has been found. Actually, there
is no information about the find context or chronology at all.</div>
<div dir="ltr">It is not even sure it is an ancient artifact, however, the features of the sculpted portrait seems of ancient Greek-Roman style. Have anyone seen anything similar to this? Does anyone know the function and the raw material of this object? </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you very much for your help!</div>
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<div dir="ltr">All the best,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Lóránt Vass</div>
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