Mária T. Biró: The Bone Objects of the Roman Collection. (Catalogi Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Seria Archeologica 2; Budapest, 1994)

CONTENTS FOREWORD 5 INTRODUCTION 7 1. The possible classification of bone carvings as reflected by sources 8 2. The technical process of bone carving 9 3. Theoretical aspects of determining bone carving workshops 11 I. BONE CARVINGS DECORATING WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT 15 1. Sword and dagger pommels 16 2. Hilt guards or basket hilts 17 3. Hilts 17 4. Scabbard slides 17 5. Scabbard chapes 18 6. Ferrules 19 7. Bow stiffeners and plates 19 II. CARVED BONE ORNAMENTS OF THE PROVINCIAL WEAR 21 1. Buttons 22 2. Buckles 22 3. Dress pins (fibulae) 23 III. JEWELLERY 26 1. Bracelets 27 2. Rings 28 3. Beads 28 4. Necklace ornaments, pendants (crtpundia) 29 IV. HAIR-STYLES. THE USE OF BONE HAIR-PINS, AND COMB USE OF THE ROMANS 30 1. Undecorated bone hair-pins 31 2. Globular pins 31 3. Decorative pins 33 4. Combs 35