Name: Crossbow nuts
Description: A pair of bone crossbow nuts of cylindrical shape and circular horizontal cross-section, with a round opening at the centre and a rectangular groove on the middle.
Function: This object fitted a crossbow as part of its firing mechanism.
Chronology: 11th-12th centuries
Provenance: Citadel of Mértola
Location: Museum of Mértola - Islamic Museum Hub
Taken from:
TORRES, Claudio; MACIAS, Santiago (ed.) (2003): Museu de Mértola: arte islâmica. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, pp.172.
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