My initial impression is that this is a dog distal tibia with a healed fracture and subsequent fusing of the fibula. Having not seen the bone in person I can't be certain that it is a healed fracture, but it could explain the curvature of the bone.
/Lena
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From: "Angelos Hadjikoumis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 1 November, 2011 3:13:37 PM
Subject: Mystery bone
Hello colleagues!
I have a mystery bone from an Early Bronze site (in Greece). I have
uploaded some photographs on flickr for those who want to attempt to
help me out with this one.
It has a very 'curvy' overall shape and it unfortunately preserves only
a fraction of one of the two epiphyses. Also note the thin bone fragment
fused on the larger 'curvy' shaft. Could it be a radius-ulna of an
unknown-to-me species? I vaguely remember seeing similarly-shaped
('curvy') bones in human and marine mammal skeletons. I would not
exclude the possibility that it is a pathological specimen. So far I had
some (few) pathological dog specimens but this one's morphology is very
different (in any case, humerus is the nearest shape from the dog
elements).
Here are the photos:
1)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302753252/in/set-72157627903502987
2)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302757638/in/set-72157627903502987
3)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302761764/in/set-72157627903502987
4)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302768284/in/set-72157627903502987
Peace,
Angelos
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