<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>rather right tooth</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>remarquable is the thick deposit/coat of cementum on the (2nd view i.e. lingual side), leading to think to a sequestrum</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>De: </b>"Alice Choyke" <choyke@gmail.com><br><b>À: </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>Envoyé: </b>Vendredi 3 Juillet 2020 13:27:19<br><b>Objet: </b>[Bonetools] Fwd: [ZOOARCH] mysterious tooth tool<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="auto">This query just came into the Zooarch mailing list and I thought I would forward it on to you guys as well.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Alice</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Johanna Sigl</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:00002b9433a7872a-dmarc-request@jiscmail.ac.uk" target="_blank">00002b9433a7872a-dmarc-request@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:56<br>Subject: [ZOOARCH] mysterious tooth tool<br>To: <<a href="mailto:ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk" target="_blank">ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br><br>Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
this spring I discovered an unusual tooth tool (?) in the animal remains <br>
from 1800 BCE Elephantine Island, Aswan. The object can most likely be <br>
identified as left fourth premolar of the mandible (P4) of sheep or <br>
goat, but due to the shaping of the thing I cannot be 100% sure. It <br>
might have been drawn or fallen out of the jaw due to infections on its <br>
roots (?), which are still visible in form of deep irregular craters on <br>
the lingual surface (picture attached: second from left). On the buccal <br>
side (far right) the uppermost part of the roots might still be <br>
discernible, however, the roots themselves have been removed or were <br>
already pathologically deformed. The stumps of the roots have been <br>
rounded. Scratch marks on the buccal side just below the preserved <br>
remains of enamel might indicate that it had been mounted in a handle or <br>
derive from the use of the object. The occlusal surface has been worn or <br>
scraped down in a steep angle, forming a more or less straight surface <br>
dropping off from a sharp lingual edge towards the buccal root area. On <br>
the lingual side a small half-moon shaped area had been removed to <br>
counterpoint the occlusal abrasion, thus forming the mentioned sharp edge.<br>
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Has anyone ever come across a tooth/tool like this? I would appreciate <br>
any kind of suggestion!<br>
<br>
Thanks a lot and all the best<br>
<br>
Johanna<br>
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Dr. Johanna Sigl<br>
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SPP2143 - Entangled Africa<br>
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Commission for Archaeology of None-European Cultures (KAAK)<br>
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German Archaeological Institute<br>
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