Hi Angelos,
This is probably a tibiotarsus of an Accipitridae but the bone is so
fragmented that the identification is difficult - if not impossible -
based only on pictures.
Best,
Lionel
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Le 16/11/2011 16:42, Angelos Hadjikoumis a écrit :
> Hello ZOOARCHERS!
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> I have posted several photos on Flickr, of (what I think is) a bird distal tibiotarsus (left?). Any ideas on the species? The context, albeit not a 100% safe one, is most likely Assyrian in chronology and it comes from northern Iraq (Kurdistan).
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> In some of the photos there are also other fragments of bird(?) long bones with the tibiotarsus (one of them at least most probably belongs to it).
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> If you have any ideas on the species/family please do not hesitate to let me know, there you go:
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/sets/72157628016450235/
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> The above is the link to the set of photos. You should press 'next' to see them all.
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> Thank you very much in advance,
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> Angelos Hadjikoumis
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