Hebrew seal depicting an archer

Hyarmendacil · Post by **Hyarmendacil** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:08 pm

Got this from a wargaming mailing list. Interestingly, the seal in question seems to be showing a left-handed archer!

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early ... t-2008.htm

(It's not as strange as it sounds--it's a seal after all, and the impression it'd leave when pressed into a clay tablet would depict an ordinary right-handed archer.)

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:51 am

As I read it the image shown is a right handed archer. An impression of this would be a left handed archer. This would be no great anomaly for the era being discussed as today.

What would be interesting would be an expert Judean archer of the era.

II Book of Samuel 1:18 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah (( the song of)) the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

My double quotes. -j-

jak · Post by **jak** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:38 pm

for his bowhand he use a well know technic used specially in shrilanka:

he is a right archer and instead to put his bowhand on normal way he turn his hand so the outside become inside and the thumb is down

the arrow if on the right side of the bow is on the little finger

if on the left side it is on the arm

I try ...it work but I dont like

you can see a picture here

http://jakpradere.blogspot.com/