Koštana spatula – lenjir iz Naisa
Bone spatula – ruler from Naissus
Authors
Jeremić, Gordana
Lazić, Sara
Vitezović, Selena

Contributors
Miladinović-Radmilović, Nataša
Vulović, Dragana
Vitezović, Selena

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The paper deals with a technological-typological analysis of the finding of a bone spatula – ruler, discovered in a closed unit from the first half of the 2nd century CE in the suburbium of Naissus – Niš (the site of Trg Oslobođenja). It was made of a flat segment of a larger rib of a large mammal, most probably cattle (Bos taurus). The processing technology used and the choice of raw material (Bos bone) represent common traits of bone items production in the Roman period. The registered use-wear traces indicate that the item was most probably used as a spatula to flatten the wax on writing tablets (tabulae ceratae).
Keywords:
Naissus / spatula / ruler / writing equipment / bone tools / Roman periodSource:
Bioarheologija na Balkanu : studije iz antropologije i zooarheologije / Bioarchaeology in the Balkans : studies in anthropology and zooarchaeology, 2023, 97-109Publisher:
- Beograd : Srpsko arheološko društvo
- Sremska Mitrovica : Blago Sirmijuma
Funding / projects:
- Romanization, urbanization and transformation of urban centres of civil, military and residential character in Roman provinces on territory of Serbia (RS-177007)
- Society, spiritual and material culture and communications in the prehistory and early history of the Balkans (RS-177012)
- Serbian archaeology: cultural identity, integration factors, technological processes and the role of the central Balkans in the development of European prehistory (RS-177020)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Jeremić, Gordana AU - Lazić, Sara AU - Vitezović, Selena PY - 2023 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/598 AB - The paper deals with a technological-typological analysis of the finding of a bone spatula – ruler, discovered in a closed unit from the first half of the 2nd century CE in the suburbium of Naissus – Niš (the site of Trg Oslobođenja). It was made of a flat segment of a larger rib of a large mammal, most probably cattle (Bos taurus). The processing technology used and the choice of raw material (Bos bone) represent common traits of bone items production in the Roman period. The registered use-wear traces indicate that the item was most probably used as a spatula to flatten the wax on writing tablets (tabulae ceratae). PB - Beograd : Srpsko arheološko društvo PB - Sremska Mitrovica : Blago Sirmijuma T2 - Bioarheologija na Balkanu : studije iz antropologije i zooarheologije / Bioarchaeology in the Balkans : studies in anthropology and zooarchaeology T1 - Koštana spatula – lenjir iz Naisa T1 - Bone spatula – ruler from Naissus EP - 109 SP - 97 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_598 ER -
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Jeremić, G., Lazić, S.,& Vitezović, S.. (2023). Koštana spatula – lenjir iz Naisa. in Bioarheologija na Balkanu : studije iz antropologije i zooarheologije / Bioarchaeology in the Balkans : studies in anthropology and zooarchaeology Beograd : Srpsko arheološko društvo., 97-109. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_598
Jeremić G, Lazić S, Vitezović S. Koštana spatula – lenjir iz Naisa. in Bioarheologija na Balkanu : studije iz antropologije i zooarheologije / Bioarchaeology in the Balkans : studies in anthropology and zooarchaeology. 2023;:97-109. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_598 .
Jeremić, Gordana, Lazić, Sara, Vitezović, Selena, "Koštana spatula – lenjir iz Naisa" in Bioarheologija na Balkanu : studije iz antropologije i zooarheologije / Bioarchaeology in the Balkans : studies in anthropology and zooarchaeology (2023):97-109, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_598 .