Bone with letters or graffiti (bone ?ostraca) are known from the
Sasanian empire too.
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In the field of Sasanian ceramics, however, the stage of research seems
far ..... evidence (ostraca, inscribed bones). After the October
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] letters of the alphabet on animal bones?
Dear Zooarchers,
I have received the following query from my colleague John Moreland and
I was
wondering whether anybody could provide any help:
"Do you know of any examples of animal bones with the letters of the
alphabet
written on them? I saw a couple in the museum at Lleida in Spain, and am
keen
to know how common the practice is"
If you reply I'd be grateful if you could copy John in (this message is
cc'd to
him)
Cheers,
Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
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University of Sheffield
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