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the bored holes are quite close to each other. With regard 

 to this latter piece, it should be observed that the boring must 

 have been performed with two drills of different size, as 

 the diameters of the holes are different. Can it be a mere 

 coincidence that it is the thinnest drill point which has 

 been used for the splitting of the thickest wall of the bone? 

 The longest of these fine drill holes is I'l cm in length. The 

 side surfaces produced by the splitting are, of course, more 

 regular where the thin drill-point was used, than where the 

 thick one penetrated. 



Cf. inv. Amd. 96 (and 77—78). 



