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Dear Guys, Today I walked in the sandy building site where the sand was deeply mixed up and found this humerus piece. It is very small talking about artiodactyls (the articular part is only 3 cm width) and judging by joint relief and shape it is surely very small bovid. I checked the Antilope cervicapra bones in the internet publication and looks the same! The width of the A. cervicapra humerus joint is also between 3 and 4 cm. I am almost sure that sheeps and goats have bigger bones and wider articular surface in the end of humerus. Please help to confirm the bone identification if you are familiar with these remains. Here is the link to article where Antilope cervicapra humerus is shown: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arati_Deshpande-Mukherjee/publication/316460245_Human_Animal_Interactions_during_the_Harappan_Period_in_the_Ghaggar_Region_of_Northern_India_Insights_from_Bhirrana/links/58ff7129aca2725bd71e5771/Human-Animal-Interactions-during-the-Harappan-Period-in-the-Ghaggar-Region-of-Northern-India-Insights-from-Bhirrana.pdf