persian hornbow, bow and arrow-case, shield

This is where we discuss the bows, arrows, quivers and other hardware used in Asian archery.
Romain
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Post by Romain » Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:42 am

he, I found a nice colored view :

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the legend says : Glazed brick wall relief from the palace of Artaxerxes II in Susa, capital of the Persian Empire
redhawk
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persian bow.....

Post by redhawk » Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:48 am

a very nice picture, Romain

I guess it is possible to keep such a bow (unstrung) in this quiver. The bow seemed to be longer than the one I?ve reconstructed. This bow must have distinctive recurves, cause there is a relatively long string-contact.

Michael
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