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1897.49.14

One end of a composite bow with a notch at one end. [SM (Verve) 10/2/2016]

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1897.49.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
One end of a composite bow with a notch at one end. [SM (Verve) 10/2/2016]
Long description
One end of a composite bow with a notch at one end. The bow has a wooden core and is overlayed on the top and bottom with bone. One side is overlayed with a strip of horn. [SM (Verve) 10/2/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Behnesa [el-Behnasa], Oxyrhynchus
Date / Period
Date made: 332 BC - AD 395 Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Greco Roman
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material Animal Horn, Process Carved, Process Notched
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 154 x 21 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.49.14
Research and responses

Belmesa is the site of Behnesa (Oxyrhynchus). Although nominally associated with Petrie, it was the papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt that carried out the excavations at the site. [AS 24/10/2012]

Note that this item is mentioned in a letter from EEF making it clear it is them who gave the objects to the PRM see L1937 S&SWM PR papers [AP 04/07/2011]

This object was looked at by Samantha Cook (University of Liverpool). The visit took place July 7 2015. [NC 07/07/2015]

The Greco-Roman period was 332 BC - 395 AD according to Shaw, I and Nicholson, P (1997) "British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt" [SM (Verve) 13/10/2016]

Associated publications
The Belmesa/Oxyrhynchus Siyah by Andrew Hall in Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries 2015 Volume 58, paged 109-112. A copy of the volume is in the RDF. [MJD (Verve) 12/10/2015]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Composite Bow