04-20-2005, 12:31 PM
I'm afraid that we'll have to wait until the Xanten manuballista is published for that! 
In any case, only the frame plating was recovered (as customarily, strange to say!) and the shoulder rest and inner ratchet only comes from the mind of Christian Miks, who reconstructed Pseudo-Heron's Cheiroballsitra exactly that way.
Incidentally, judging from the photos of the reconstruction, they could have inserted much more rope into the springs! :twisted:
Aitor
In any case, only the frame plating was recovered (as customarily, strange to say!) and the shoulder rest and inner ratchet only comes from the mind of Christian Miks, who reconstructed Pseudo-Heron's Cheiroballsitra exactly that way.
Incidentally, judging from the photos of the reconstruction, they could have inserted much more rope into the springs! :twisted:
Aitor
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