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Hi Alice,

Not from excavations but see:

Laufer, B (1926). "Ostrich Egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich 
in Ancient and Modern Times", Field Museum of Natural History, 
Department of Anthropology, Chicago, Leaflet no. 23.

Green, N. (2006) "Ostrich Eggs and Peacock Feathers: Sacred Objects as 
Cultural Exchange between Christianity and Islam" Al-Masaq: Islam and 
the Medieval Mediterranean, 18/1: 27-78.

There is also an ostrich egg reliquary in the monastery of St. Wiperti 
in Quedlinburg, inventoried in 1546. The crucifix crowning the 
decoration on the artefact can be dated stylistically to the latter half 
of the 14th century. For details see cat. number 26 in Dietrich 
Kötzsche's (ed.) volume on the church treasury - (1992) Der 
Quedlinburger Schatz wieder vereint, Berlin, Kulturstiftung der Länder, 
p. 95.

Best,
Aleks

On 24/05/2013 12:33, Alice Choyke wrote:
> Hi! Can anyone point me in the direction of either medieval ostrich 
> egg finds  (or egg shells in church treasuries) or ostrich bones from 
> late antique or medieval excavation contexts?
> Best,
> Alice