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Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Battering Ram
The battering-ram was (Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22) a large beam with a head
of iron which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was
suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and balanced so as to
swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. In
attacking the walls of a fort or city, the first step appears to have
been to form an inclined plane or bank of earth, comp. (Ezekiel 4:2)
"cast a mount against it," by which the besiegers could bring
their battering-rams and other engines to the foot of the walls.
"The battering-rams," says Mr. Layard "were of several
kinds. Some were joined to movable towers which held warriors and armed
men. The whole then formed one great temporary building, the top of
which is represented in sculptures as on a level with the walls, and
even turrets, of the besieged city. In some bas-reliefs the
battering-ram is without wheels: it was then perhaps constructed upon
the spot and was not intended to be moved."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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