[The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Rome, Italy), Trench A: Bone Objects, EE-43]

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EE-43. CA 9.302. Bone objects. Inlay. End fragment of narrow strip of bone. It shows a single incised line along two sides and a double line along the third side. L. 4 cm, w. 1.4 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. 10YR 6/3 pale brown. Parallels: Such objects were used for inlay, and its modest size suggests that it may have decorated a small box or chest, cf. Carandini-Panella 1973, 257, pl. XCI, fig. 948; Frova 1977, 323, no. 959/1, pl. 178; Caravale 1994, 27-30, I.10-I.26; St. Clair 1994, 169, fig. 50. Date: Found in a post-Augustan context

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Descriptions are published in: Bilde, P. G., and Poulsen, B., (eds.), 2008: The Temple of Castor and Pollux II.1* & II.1**, Roma

The inventory number refers to the number given in the archive

The Danish Academy in Rome (sht)
Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) (subject)
Temple of the Dioscuri in the Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) (subject)
Trench A (uncontrolled)
Finds (uncontrolled)

[between 1982 and 1994]

Bone Objects (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology)

Trench A
Finds

Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)

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