tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post2621426403428400056..comments2024-03-28T08:26:23.674-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Lead sling bullet, inscribed with DEXAI, (meaning in greek "Catch!“), 4th Century Greecec w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-85291238322623828762019-01-06T04:15:23.706-08:002019-01-06T04:15:23.706-08:00Scientific American, back when it published scienc...Scientific American, back when it published science articles, once had a story about slings and arrows. Slings, in particular, were quite effective against the armor of the day, and the stones could penetrate a considerable thickness of it. Goliath was hopelessly outgunned and doomed to defeat.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-37254996779945596472019-01-05T23:01:36.724-08:002019-01-05T23:01:36.724-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.D.B. Jennizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412289052408945364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-10811275010413024452019-01-05T23:00:09.707-08:002019-01-05T23:00:09.707-08:00Size: unsure on the exact one pictured.
From a ph...Size: unsure on the exact one pictured.<br /><br />From a photo archive of similar projectiles, I'd say 1.25"-1.5" looks standard.<br /><br />http://www.portal.cig-icg.gr/node/579<br />D.B. Jennizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412289052408945364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-53195629147087800762019-01-05T19:13:05.664-08:002019-01-05T19:13:05.664-08:00How big is it?
How big is it? <br /><br />B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-15364470989281530022019-01-05T18:06:37.178-08:002019-01-05T18:06:37.178-08:00Peltasts were a key element of Greek light artille...Peltasts were a key element of Greek light artillery. They'd go out with slings and ammo like that one and take on the slowly moving, heavy (phalanx) infantry. LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com