Article · 2012
The Cretan Slinger at War - A Weighty Exchange
Amanda Kelly
The Annual of the British School at Athens 107 273-311. British School at Athens
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1 project- 1970–1980Idalion: the American Expedition to IdalionDirected by G. Ernest Wright, Lawrence E. Stager, Anita Walker and othersExcavation
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3 recordsExcavation 3
- 1935 · p. 278
R. W. HutchinsonFound
Hutchinson recorded a lead slingshot in a mixed Middle Minoan stratum at Knossos in 1935.
No. cat. no. 38
- p. 278
Evans discovered an early lead slingshot in an undisturbed context associated with the Shrine of the Double Axes at Knossos.
early lead slingshot (potentially Cretan prototype)No. cat. no. 39Knossos Palace, Shrine of the Double Axes
- p. 282
Lawrence E. StagerExcavated
A munitions dump of lead slingshot bullets, copper projectile points and a catapult stone was recovered at Idalion, Cyprus.
munitions dump of lead slingshot bullets, copper projectile points, catapult stoneIdalion, wall surrounding the West Acropolis
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