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Zev Radovan/Courtesy Temple Mount Sifting Project

BONE TO PICK! Some of the more striking finds include decorative carved bone fragments from various periods. At left is a fragment from a double-sided composite comb, which would have featured a dense row of narrow teeth on one side and a spaced row of thicker teeth on the other. Such combs have been common since the Byzantine period. At center is a fragment of an incised decorative frame that probably dates to the Late Roman period. The head of a hand-carved hairpin is at right. It probably dates to the Late Roman period.