It's fairly common in Early Medieval Scandinavia, but then we're talking runes rather than the Latin alphabet.
/Lena
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From: "Umberto Albarella" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, 19 March, 2010 23:30:49 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: 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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