Mainstay of their might: the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history

Javier Alvarez-Mon

Mainstay of their might: the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history

Department of Ancient History

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The topic discussed in this essay conditions and colours manifold perceptions of the ancient world political history and visual culture (ca. 4200-525 BC). Through a compilation of artistic and textual evidence from two opposite ends of the historical spectrum - the late 4th millennium BC and the Neo-Elamite period (ca. 1000-525 BC) - I will attempt to demonstrate that the manufacture and use of the composite flexed bow was an integral part of Elamite culture and society which, as expressed in the Prophet Jeremiah’s celebrated words, may well have been “the mainstay of their might”.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Susa and Elam II. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, July 2015
Editors	Jan Tavernier
Place of Publication	Ghent
Publisher	Brill
Pages	1-34
Number of pages	34
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2019

Publication series

Name	Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse
Publisher	Brill
Volume	60
ISSN (Print)	1782-4168

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Alvarez-Mon, J. (Accepted/In press). Mainstay of their might: the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history. In J. Tavernier (Ed.), Susa and Elam II. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives: Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, July 2015 (pp. 1-34). (Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse; Vol. 60). Brill.

Alvarez-Mon, Javier. / Mainstay of their might : the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history. Susa and Elam II. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives: Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, July 2015. editor / Jan Tavernier. Ghent : Brill, 2019. pp. 1-34 (Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse).

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Alvarez-Mon, J 2019, Mainstay of their might: the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history. in J Tavernier (ed.), Susa and Elam II. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives: Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, July 2015. Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse, vol. 60, Brill, Ghent, pp. 1-34.

Mainstay of their might: the bow of Elam, the role of the bow in Elamite military history. / Alvarez-Mon, Javier.
Susa and Elam II. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives: Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, July 2015. ed. / Jan Tavernier. Ghent: Brill, 2019. p. 1-34 (Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse; Vol. 60).

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