Benen koot

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Inventory Number: 35113 Description: A heavy-duty leg bone with a lead weight and an etched square mark featuring nine dots. The meaning of this symbol remains unclear, although it is speculated to represent value. However, numerous other patterns exist, making the significance uncertain. This bone was used in the game of koten, where players aimed to knock over a row of bones set up behind a line using a thrower bone. Crafted from a phalanx, or a small toe bone of a cow or horse, objects like this are commonly discovered during archaeological excavations. Period: 1400-1600 Object: Bone Condition: Complete Find Spot: 's-Gravenzande Vreeburg AWN 1999 Source: archeologie.zuid-holland.nl Scan: Moobels.com, 2018