Very interesting find! Roman lead sling 'bullets'

kronckew · 15th October 2016, 07:16 AM

so that's where our church roof went....

i didn't want to stereotype, but....

Norman McCormick · 16th October 2016, 07:27 PM

I'll take those stereotypes any day.

kronckew · 16th October 2016, 07:44 PM

there is a male or two in the back you can have, i'll take a few of the ones in front with the longer hair and the chest bumps.

reminds me of an old joke:

a young bull and his son are at the top of a hill and spot a herd of cows in the valley below. the young one says 'dad, lets run down and make love to a couple of those cows. dad says 'let's walk down and make love to all of them'.

is that thus an ethnographic antique joke?

Norman McCormick · 16th October 2016, 07:59 PM

is that thus an ethnographic antique joke?[/QUOTE]

Most definitely

fernando · 16th October 2016, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kronckew

... is that thus an ethnographic antique joke?

Well ... so far !

Norman McCormick · 20th October 2016, 08:08 PM

Hi,
Perhaps these 'ginger maidens' are more appropriate to this site as all but one are bearing arms.
On a more serious note the notion of Shieldmaidens as a fiction of the sagas is being rethought as osteoarchaeologists are finding that a number of Viking era graves filled with weapons that were assumed to be the burials of male warriors are in fact internments of females. Whether they were warriors or not is still debatable but knowing Nordic and Celtic women as well as I do including a mother and daughter who are particularly close to me

, I have no doubt that these redoubtable women took their place in the Viking shield wall and in the Celtic war chariots along with their male counterparts. Bonnie lassies one and all.

Regards,
Norman.

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/...and-valkyries/

http://www.medievalhistories.com/war...e-scandinavia/

fernando · 20th October 2016, 08:40 PM

I see you didn't find one armed with a sling, Norman

.

Norman McCormick · 20th October 2016, 08:48 PM

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Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	Hi, Perhaps these 'ginger maidens' are more appropriate to this site as all but one are bearing arms. On a more serious note the notion of Shieldmaidens as a fiction of the sagas is being rethought as osteoarchaeologists are finding that a number of Viking era graves filled with weapons that were assumed to be the burials of male warriors are in fact internments of females. Whether they were warriors or not is still debatable but knowing Nordic and Celtic women as well as I do including a mother and daughter who are particularly close to me , I have no doubt that these redoubtable women took their place in the Viking shield wall and in the Celtic war chariots along with their male counterparts. Bonnie lassies one and all. Regards, Norman. https://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/...and-valkyries/ http://www.medievalhistories.com/war...e-scandinavia/ Attached Images Last edited by Norman McCormick; 20th October 2016 at 08:43 PM.

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16th October 2016, 07:27 PM	#2
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	I'll take those stereotypes any day.

16th October 2016, 07:44 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	there is a male or two in the back you can have, i'll take a few of the ones in front with the longer hair and the chest bumps. reminds me of an old joke: a young bull and his son are at the top of a hill and spot a herd of cows in the valley below. the young one says 'dad, lets run down and make love to a couple of those cows. dad says 'let's walk down and make love to all of them'. is that thus an ethnographic antique joke?

16th October 2016, 07:59 PM	#4
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	is that thus an ethnographic antique joke?[/QUOTE] Most definitely

20th October 2016, 08:40 PM	#7
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I see you didn't find one armed with a sling, Norman .