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© MANCHESTER MUSEUM, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, ACC. NO. 103

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SLING. Excavated in the workmen’s village at al-Lahun in the Egyptian Fayyum, this simple weapon dates to the 12th Dynasty (1939–1760 B.C.). It is made of woven fiber with a pouch and long cords at either end, one of which has a loop to fit around a finger.