For #ToxologyTuesday and also #TrebuchetTuesday here is a pile of trebuchet balls at Pevensey Castle, Sussex! Trebuchets typically used prepared stone balls as they enabled the trebuchet to predictably put the ball where they wanted it.

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For #ToxologyTuesday an archer from Tell Halaf, Syria, dating to the Iron Age c. 1200-900 BC. My photos of 2014 at the British Museum. I don't know if they are shooting the lion or riding it! @british-museum.bsky.social 🏺

carved stone column capital.

For #ToxologyTuesday an archer with what appears to be a composite recurve bow in the cloister of the Duomo di Monreale, Palermo, Italy (begun 1172 CE). My photo of 2003.

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My image of display at the ROM

My image of bow at the ROM

Tile from ROM Collection Online: https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/457699/tile-from-frieze-for-archway-with-picnic-scene

A combined #TileTuesday and #ToxologyTuesday post! The display of 17th century Iranian tiles at the Royal Ontario Museum with some contemporary contextualizing objects including a composite recurve bow! 🏺

archer

For Toxology Tuesday here is an archer with a composite recurve bow on the door of the Duomo di Monreale, Palermo, Italy (begun 1172 CE). My photo of 2003.

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Victory Stele Of Naram-Sin

Victory Stele Of Naram-Sin

For #ToxologyTuesday the Victory Stele Of Naram-Sin, Iraq c.2200 BC. The shape and size of the bow would indicate that this is a composite bow and is the earliest evidence for such bows. It is interesting that in 2200 BC the arms of the warrior are still those of the hunter. 🏺