where to find

Storeroom

Slingshot

Category:

Tools and equipment, weapons, fishing and hunting equipment, catapults (slingshots)

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, 2nd cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Umm El-Brigat (Tebtonis/Tebtunis) (excavations of the Ifao and the University of Milan, 1991 season)

Material(s):

Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), palm branches/ fibers

Length:

15 cm;

Width:

5 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, Trésors inattendus: 30 ans de fouilles et de coopération à Tebtynis (Fayoum), Bibliothèque générale 57 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2019): 213, no. 142.

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