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Sorry for my late reply to this topic. I have a small piece about tablets and bone waste from Roman sites - Weaving Tablets from Roman London, Frances Pritchard, Museum of London Archaeology Service, London.
(from G. Jaack & K. Tidow, eds. 'Archaeological Textiles Texilsymposium, 1994).
It mentions a bone tablet 32mm x 35mm 'heavily worn round each of its four holes' and a pair of triangular bone tablets 'an even thickness of 1mm and, initially, the size of the holes was only 1mm in diameter'. 'Lines of wear which radiate deeply in six directions on both faces of the triangular tablet in the Museum of London suggest it was repeatedly given 1/6 turns.' (The triangular tablets are about 4cm along each side)
The majority of this piece discusses the waste bone that has been recovered, which clearly slows triangular shapes, including two waste triangular plaques (undrilled and with points missing).
As I can't quote the whole article here, I'd be happy to send it on if you contact me.
Gina
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