О једном "јахачу" из Виминацијума - прилог проучавању римског стрељачког наоружања у Србији
On an arrow nock from Viminacium - Contribution to the study of Roman archery in Serbia

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to the find uncovered in a Roman well identified as a grave (G1295) from the locality Pećine at Viminacium (Serbia). Theobject is made of animal bone and has a cylindrical body with a V shaped notchcarved on the back end. The body continues in the form of a narrow and long pinwith circular cross-section. The object was originally published as a tuning peg(key) for string instrument (lyre), however, the author con cludes that it actuallyrepresents a piece of archery equipment, that is, a nock that was once implantedon the back of the arrow shaft made of reed. Based on the stratigraphy and otherfinds from the same layer, the bone nock from Viminacium, up to date the onlysuch find in Serbia, is dated in the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

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