“Sling bullets were a cheap munition, a hand-thrown projectile, used for millennia,” archaeologist and study co-author Michael Eisenberg told Phys.org. “Its throwing power is based on swirling a long ...

For millennia, sling bullets served as a hand-thrown projectile that could be used to fend off enemies. At Hippos, 70 sling ...

Of the many lead sling bullets discovered at Hippos over the last 26 years, this is the first to carry a message of some kind.

The sling bullet found in 2025 at Hippos is the first inscribed bullet to be discovered at the site in 26 years of excavations.