An Inscribed Ballista Stone from Apollonia-Arsuf, Israel, and Stone-throwing Siege Machines in the Medieval Near East

IF 0.7 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI:10.1558/jia.20280

S. Heidemann, D. Nicolle, O. Tal

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Abstract

This article presents a unique example of a roughly round ballista stone (ca. 32 x 31 cm) retrieved during excavations at Apollonia-Arsuf. It bears a two-line (one horizontal, the other vertical) Arabic inscription. Given the context of the ballista stones found at the site, it can be dated to March–April 1265, when the town and castle of Arsur were under siege by the Mamluk army headed by Baybars. The ballista stone is analyzed in relation to the site history and archaeology, its inscription, and the Mamluk sultanate 13th-century stone-throwing siege-machine artillery.

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以色列阿苏夫的Ballista石碑和中世纪近东的投石攻城机

这篇文章展示了一个独特的例子，在Apolonia Arsuf的挖掘中发现了一块大致圆形的ballista石（约32 x 31厘米）。上面有两行（一行是水平的，另一行是垂直的）阿拉伯铭文。考虑到在该遗址发现的弹道石的背景，它可以追溯到1265年3月至4月，当时阿尔苏尔镇和城堡被以拜巴尔为首的马穆鲁克军队围困。巴利斯塔石碑与遗址历史和考古、其铭文以及13世纪马穆鲁克苏丹国投掷石块的攻城机炮有关。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Islamic Archaeology is the only journal today devoted to the field of Islamic archaeology on a global scale. In the context of this journal, “Islamic archaeology” refers neither to a specific time period, nor to a particular geographical region, as Islam is global and the center of the “Islamic world” has shifted many times over the centuries. Likewise, it is not defined by a single methodology or theoretical construct (for example; it is not the “Islamic” equivalent of “Biblical archaeology”, with an emphasis on the study of places and peoples mentioned in religious texts). The term refers to the archaeological study of Islamic societies, polities, and communities, wherever they are found. It may be considered a type of “historical” archaeology, in which the study of historically (textually) known societies can be studied through a combination of “texts and tell”.