Ближний Восток и его соседи

g 187 h Archaeological Evidence for Mamlūk Archery 61. A similar increase of the colour density of a photograph of a pile of late Mamlūk arrow fragments from the Citadel of Damascus reveals that red was by far the most commonly used colour for cresting amongst the last garrisons of Mamlūk Syria. What becomes clear from the archaeological evidence is that cresting became somewhat standardised within the Mamlūk Sultanate, at least by the late 15th century. This, I sug- gest, is further evidence of the highly structured, professional, somewhat bureaucratic and in certain respects “modern” character of the Mamlūk army. (Syrian Department of Antiquities, Damascus; IFPO photograph). 62. A closer study of the late Mamlūk fragments from the Citadel of Damascus reveals a greater variety of less widely used colours although the patterns now only con- sist of rings, the numbers of which vary. In some case a different colour was put inside the nocks, as seen on the far left of this picture. The cresting of the late Mamlūk arrow fragments from CD5 of the Citadel of Damascus is the subject of my article: Nicolle D. “Cresting on Arrows from the Citadel of Damascus” // Bulletin d’Etudes Orientales. 65 (2016). P. 247–286. (Syrian Department of Antiquities, Damascus; IFPO photograph).