funda, -ae [1/f]: sling
funditor,
funditōris [3/m]: slinger
glāns, glandis [3/f]: [i] acorn; acorn-shaped nut e.g.
chestnut [ii] (military) the lead sling-shot projectile (glāns plumbea)
used by slingers. Its almond or acorn shape improved aerodynamics and
penetration.
This example,
discovered at Córdoba is exceptional. It bears:
[i] the name CAESAR
[ii] IPSCA,
a fortified Iberian settlement.
Inscribed sling
bullets often carried insults or taunts directed at the enemy. In this case,
however, the inscription is interpreted as signalling the loyalty of Ipsca to
Julius Caesar during the civil war against Pompey (mid-1st century BC).
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