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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 6336916, member: 8267&quot;]As to what bone, my guess would be a tibia from a bovine or equine. The shape (particularly the triangular cross section on one end) looks like cow bones I get from the pet store to make awls out of. The thickness would depend, to some degree, on the age of the animal. But an archeologist trained in animal osteology could give a more definitive answer.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/cow-bone-atlas-3/cow-tibia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/cow-bone-atlas-3/cow-tibia/" rel="nofollow">https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/cow-bone-atlas-3/cow-tibia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/horse-bone-atlas/horse-tibia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/horse-bone-atlas/horse-tibia/" rel="nofollow">https://russellboneatlas.wordpress.com/home/horse-bone-atlas/horse-tibia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought about it being a handle, but I don&#039;t see any evidence of it being attached to anything, or anything running through it. The condition looks archeological, but it is awfully clean, even in the pores.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chevron design is ancient, but without any other figures it is difficult to place stylistically. I can picture a bored Roman soldier sitting on Hadrian&#039;s wall, passing the time by embellishing a bone from supper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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