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Description: | A worked Metapodial bone probably from a sheep or goat. This bone weighs 13.36g, has a length of 91.8mm, and sub-circular maximum diameter of 20.0mm tapering to a point. The bone has been worked to a point and has a smoothed and polished surface. This artefact might have been used in the textile production industry. Date is unknown.A second bone, found within the same field as the worked bone described above, has a weight of 12.55g, length of 108.0mm, maximum width of 24.5mm and maximum thickness of 16.3mm. The distal end of this bone is complete. A break is present along the length of the bone from just below the distal joint/fused epiphysis, causing the surviving bone to taper to a point. The break has removed just less than half of the bone where the break starts and more than half of the shaft of the bone from about half way along the present length of the bone. The surface of this bone, towards the point, might possibly be slightly polished which could possibly suggest that the bone had been used as a tool. The shape of this broken bone is not conclusive evidence that the bone is worked and was ever formed into a tool. The break might just be the result of the shaft of the bone having been broken in order to extract bone marrow. Small marks along the edge of the break might be cut marks and/or gnaw marks from a rodent, cat or small dog.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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