Sling bolt
- Description
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This object was described by its collector as ‘Greek sling bolt of baked clay: pointed oval: striated: length 2.8in: weight about 2⅛ oz. Probably of the 4th century B. C. Found at Syracuse and brought home by Sir John Boileau’. It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/452
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- sling bolt
- Simple Name
- sling shot
- Full Name
- sling bolt
- Dimensions
- whole length 70 mm; whole diameter 35 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Family Group
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- Material
- ceramic
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Collection Town
- Syracuse
- Collection County
- Sicily
- Collection Country
- Italy
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
