Ближний Восток и его соседи

g 201 h Archaeological Evidence for Mamlūk Archery 94. Similarly, these iron blades from the castle of Montfort in northern Palestine are more likely to be from crossbow bolts or, in the larger case, possibly a javelin. Their form, especially that of the smaller blade, also suggests a 13th century Islamic rather than a “Frankish” Crusader origin. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; author’s photograph). 95–96. The crossbow bolt-heads found in CD5 of the Citadel of Damascus are undoubtedly of late Mamlūk origin and show an interesting variety of forms, though in general they are more crudely made than the arrowheads from the same location and period. (Syrian Department of Antiquities; IFPO & author’s photographs).