A Mycenean Crossbow (1600 BC)?

[Eleatic Guest]

Some dude at Wikipedia wants to have identified the depiction of a crossbow on a Mycenean dagger from 1600 BC: [url:31kyhvzt]http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_crossbows&action=historysubmit&diff=344330477&oldid=342933326[/url]

However, the text below only refers to "bows" and such an early occurrence would be a total anomaly, but take a look for yourself:
[url:31kyhvzt]http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/museums/athens-mycenaean/pages/athens-mus-mycenaean014.html[/url]

Bow or crossbow?

[Praefectusclassis]

Bow with an outstretched arm holding it, I'd say.

[D B Campbell]

Bow with an outstretched arm holding it, I'd say.

Me, too. It's actually pretty clear.

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Ahaha! It needs a lot of imagination and courage to call this a cross bow!

[Dan Howard]

It is a bow. Get that bollocks off Wikipedia before more people read it.