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To: autumnraine

It looks like he’s cocking a crossbow.


6 posted on 08/19/2008 8:12:20 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: SlowBoat407

COCKING a crossbow?


8 posted on 08/19/2008 8:16:24 AM PDT by Humvee (Beliefs are more powerful than facts - Paulus Atreides)
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To: SlowBoat407

Yes, looks like a stylized bow. Perhaps it’s a seal ring.

The head looks very classical: maybe it’s meant to be Apollo (wild guess)


10 posted on 08/19/2008 8:21:57 AM PDT by agere_contra ("We are all Georgians" - John McCain)
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To: SlowBoat407

“It looks like he’s cocking a crossbow.”

Maybe. The crossbows of the era were primarily seige devices, although some handheld ones existed. The handheld variety, while used even in Roman times, didn’t really get going until the middle ages.

Long way of saying, possible, but an odd thing to have on a signent ring. Bit of breaking technology at the time.


11 posted on 08/19/2008 8:26:51 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan ("Jesse Jackson was an important figure; paving the way for Osama bin Laden to appear" -- Dan Rather)
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To: SlowBoat407

“It looks like he’s cocking a crossbow.”

Maybe. The crossbows of the era were primarily seige devices, although some handheld ones existed. The handheld variety, while used even in Roman times, didn’t really get going until the middle ages.

Long way of saying, possible, but an odd thing to have on a signent ring. Bit of breaking technology at the time.


12 posted on 08/19/2008 8:26:54 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan ("Jesse Jackson was an important figure; paving the way for Osama bin Laden to appear" -- Dan Rather)
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To: SlowBoat407

“It looks like he’s cocking a crossbow.”
Looks more like he’s crossbowing a ,,,,,,,,, uh,,,,,,,, never mind!


16 posted on 08/19/2008 8:32:14 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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