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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on November 03, 2015, 11:28:45 PM

Title: The Seleucid Akra in Jerusalem
Post by: Duncan Head on November 03, 2015, 11:28:45 PM
Apparently found - http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/91282-151103-remains-of-hellenistic-citadel-found-in-jerusalem

QuoteThe catapults at the site were engraved with a pitchfork, the emblem of King Antiochus IV.
They mean the catapult bolt-heads, as illustrated, assuming they aren't just big arrowheads.
Title: Re: The Seleucid Akra in Jerusalem
Post by: Jim Webster on November 04, 2015, 09:12:46 AM
How do they compare to arrow heads used by Cretans? (or Similar)

http://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2013/11/04/antikythera-history-and-antiquities/  has some arrow heads but no scale

Jim
Title: Re: The Seleucid Akra in Jerusalem
Post by: Duncan Head on November 04, 2015, 09:23:19 AM
They look very similar, that's exactly the type of arrowhead I was thinking of. I had thought of catapult-bolts, by contrast, as being socketed, but that is purely from memory and I haven't had time to check any references.
Title: Re: The Seleucid Akra in Jerusalem
Post by: Patrick Waterson on November 04, 2015, 10:46:27 AM
For anyone who became discouraged flipping through the selection of photos on the archaeology wiki site, here is a direct link to the Cretan arrowheads (http://www.archaeology.wiki/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tsaravopoulos_39_En-449x338.jpg) Jim mentions.
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