Slingshot

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Slingshot

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.35

Description

Fired clay biconical sling shot having some discolouration from firing.

Use

Used as a ranged weapon, predating the creation of the bow and arrow.

Context

Part of the Cruickshank collection of finds from Newstead, Roxburghshire

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Military Equipment & Weaponry

Acquisition

Accession

X.2000.17.328

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sling

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Percussive Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

slingshots

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

X.FRA 5256

Material

Ceramic

Color

Tan, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Roman artillery was sophisticated. Missiles came in many forms. They were slung by hand, shot by bows or propelled by a ballista, the mechanical equivalent of a catapult. What would it have been like to be on the receiving end of a blizzard of missiles?