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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I liked the leopard – here are three with broadly the same idea. The first from France, the other two from Britain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><img width=533 height=318 style='width:5.552in;height:3.3125in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7D031.5393F7A0"><img width=661 height=314 style='width:6.8854in;height:3.2708in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7D031.5393F7A0"><img width=641 height=312 style='width:6.677in;height:3.25in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D7D031.5393F7A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Stephen Greep<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bonetools <bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Renate Miglbauer<br><b>Sent:</b> 02 November 2021 13:41<br><b>To:</b> idoia_grau@hotmail.com<br><b>Cc:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] knive handle<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="GroupWiseSection_1635859256000_Renate.Miglbauer@wels.gv.at_F80989500E7F000088EE040059003D00_"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Dr. Grau<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>maybe something interesting for You. The clasp-knife handle showing a leopard is made of ivory but was found in Ovilvava Wels. We do not have tigers, lions or leopards in Austria, the roman Province called Noricum. We think e.g. a roman soldier or a veteran whose unit was stationed in the near east could have imported this knife. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dr. Renate Miglbauer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Stadtmuseums Wels<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>