Dear Elena,
Although it would then only represent a (too?) small fragment, 1b somehow
reminds me of a Staphylea seed, mainly due to the more spherical shape in
the top right, and the more flattened and elongated portion in the bottom
left part of the object. The hole might originate either from rodents, or
from a drilled hole in order to use the seed as a bead ( cf. the publication
by Małgorzata Latałowa [Veget. Hist. Archaeobot. 3/2 1994] or, more
recently: http://www.holzanatomie.at/download/papers/Heiss%20AG%202010c.pdf
).
Whatever these two finally turn out to be, I'd be highly interested in
learning about it!
Best,
Andreas
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Subject: Identification help
Dear colleagues,
attached are pictures of unidentified fins from pithos associated with
burial fom 7th century AD in SW Anatolia (Sagalassos).
Accompanying finds are numerous fruits, spices, fragments of porous mass
(probably probably fruit flesh/bread/porridge) and weeds.
I would be grateful for any suggestion and help for the identification.
with kind regards
Elena Marinova
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