Recurve Selfbow. Dimensions: Length tip to tip 172.5 cm (68 15/16 in.); Length of outer curve 179.5 (70 11/16 in.); Greatest diam. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Thutmose II to Early Joint reign. Date: ca. 1492-1473 B.C..Two caches of hunting weapons were found in the limestone chip debris below the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71) on Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill. One cache included two bows (36.3.211, .212) and fifteen arrows (36.3.213-.227). The bows are recurve selfbows made of single pieces of an open-grained, pliable wood. Both bows were intentionally broken into sections no more than a meter (about 39 inches) in length. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Recurve Selfbow. Dimensions: Length tip to tip 172.5 cm (68 15/16 in.); Length of outer curve 179.5 (70 11/16 in.); Greatest diam. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Thutmose II to Early Joint reign. Date: ca. 1492-1473 B.C..Two caches of hunting weapons were found in the limestone chip debris below the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71) on Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill. One cache included two bows (36.3.211, .212) and fifteen arrows (36.3.213-.227). The bows are recurve selfbows made of single pieces of an open-grained, pliable wood. Both bows were intentionally broken into sections no more than a meter (about 39 inches) in length. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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