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<p>looks like baculum to me because the spongy core is spread over the whole os the diameter size, definitely bone then,</p>
<p>of a large mammal, bear or seal size</p>
<p>The gaming piece would be from the bone largest short cut-extremity, just regularized all around</p>
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<b>Objet :</b> Re: [Bonetools] Fwd: [ZOOARCH] Gaming pieces</font>
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<p>At first sight: definitely not antler or ivory. Bone of some kind. Very large land mammal, elephant size? Whale?<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear Colleagues,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"> I am forwarding this mail from the Zooarch mailing list in the hopes that some brave soul will dare to identify raw material from the photos. I can pass the information back to Pricilla or, better yet,
write to the list and to Pricilla directly!</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Best,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Alice</div>
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Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM<br>
Subject: [ZOOARCH] Gaming pieces<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk">ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br>
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<div>Dear all</div>
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<div dir="auto">I was sent the photo below regarding gaming pieces (there are two in the photo) from Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is a multi period site with features from Iron Age and Roman to medieval. They are both probably from Saxon contexts.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The main question is what sort of material they are made from, is it animal bone or antler or whale bone or something else? There are cross sections of both in the photo and I was hoping someone could shed some light on what material it is.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Many thanks for your help!</div>
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