tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post9076808881932181832..comments2024-03-28T10:42:53.231-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Sling bullet from the 4th century BCMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7245390311377620732020-02-23T16:50:14.339-06:002020-02-23T16:50:14.339-06:00It sure looks like it. Warfare In The Classical W...It sure looks like it. Warfare In The Classical World is one of my faves, when I have looked the bullet up it always appears to be the one in the illustration. Odd that there are not more, but lead was presumably valuable so they would have been picked up whenever possible. Billy D Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145851168490249836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5139087622380234232013-09-13T17:56:57.729-05:002013-09-13T17:56:57.729-05:00Interesting, there an illustration of a sling bull...Interesting, there an illustration of a sling bullet interpreted as "Dexa" translated as "Take That!" in the book "Warfare in the Classical World" by John Warry et al. I wonder if it's the same bullet. <br /><br />032125https://www.blogger.com/profile/11092860450994272341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34900045941019956862013-09-11T16:34:16.347-05:002013-09-11T16:34:16.347-05:00It is sling shot. Shot rather than stone for a sli...It is sling shot. Shot rather than stone for a sling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305870311349705888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16587136784359417912013-09-11T14:21:09.642-05:002013-09-11T14:21:09.642-05:00I was typing too fast; you are quite correct. Tit...I was typing too fast; you are quite correct. Title amended. Tx, Wayne.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30545986235577928142013-09-11T13:44:31.357-05:002013-09-11T13:44:31.357-05:00No lack of humor in the 4th century BC!
Was it fo...No lack of humor in the 4th century BC!<br /><br />Was it for a sling rather than a slingshot?<br />Wayne Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595005905880642013noreply@blogger.com