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Dear Lena, Part of a sledge? See https://ipna.unibas.ch/archbiol/pdf/2005_Stopp_Kunst_JawboneSledges.pdf see Fig. 9 All the best Jacopo de Grossi Mazzorin > Dear all, > > I have a horse left mandible that has been perforated on the ramus. The > hole is approximately 1cm wide and all edges are smooth. My interpretation > is that this is the remains of a set of mandibles or an entire skull that > was hung up for display. Does anyone here have another theory, and/or any > comparative examples? The bone is from an Iron Age site in southern > England, if that helps. The only other bone in the pit was a (right side) > horse mandibular M3. > > http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/P1060264_zpsajdn6by4.jpg > close-up of perforation: > http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/P1060266_zpsk9z32dlj.jpg > > With thanks, > Lena > Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open > Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit > http://iso26300.info for more information. > > This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net >