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The Seleucid Akra in Jerusalem

Started by Duncan Head, Nov 03, 2015, 11:28 PM

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Duncan Head

Apparently found - http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/91282-151103-remains-of-hellenistic-citadel-found-in-jerusalem

QuoteThe catapults at the site were engraved with a pitchfork, the emblem of King Antiochus IV.
They mean the catapult bolt-heads, as illustrated, assuming they aren't just big arrowheads.
Duncan Head

Jim Webster

How do they compare to arrow heads used by Cretans? (or Similar)

http://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2013/11/04/antikythera-history-and-antiquities/  has some arrow heads but no scale

Jim

Duncan Head

They look very similar, that's exactly the type of arrowhead I was thinking of. I had thought of catapult-bolts, by contrast, as being socketed, but that is purely from memory and I haven't had time to check any references.
Duncan Head

Patrick Waterson

For anyone who became discouraged flipping through the selection of photos on the archaeology wiki site, here is a direct link to the Cretan arrowheads Jim mentions.
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