Nubian Archery

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:22 am

Three Nubian archer's thumb rings, Oriental institute, University of Chicago, 4th C AD approximately. Photo courtesy of Dr. S Wachsmann.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:00 am

There are several in the Grayson Collection too. They are quite massive. There are some interesting other archery artifacts associated with them from tombs including a wrist guard in the form of a Horus falcon that fitted over the thumb of the left hand and had two beads for the arrow to sit between on the thumb side of the bow. The group that produced them had very unusual horse bits.