The spear is a weapon of defense and attack for the Amazighs
Iqzal considered S. The spear is the national Amazigh weapon. The sources indicate that the Libyans: the Numid, the Moors, and the Getuls, including the cavalry and the infantry, used this weapon in hunting and in war. It is the only attack weapon they possessed. The throwing distance with this weapon was up to forty meters, and the Africans (the ancient Moroccans) used to throw it with the same breath. The prowess for which the Persians and Parthians were famous. Each knight carried with him at least three spears (wooden masts and sharp metal points), as mentioned in Herodotus. As for Silius of Italy, he mentioned that the Libyan spear was made of reed (Roseau), but the rock drawings support what was stated. In other literary sources
That the points (points) of the Libyan spears were metal and were triangular in shape, is evident from the bulges (nervures) that appear in their middle.
Three copper tips were found at the Ewelen site in the Nigerian Ayer Plateau in a monument dating back to the imperial era, and the monument shows warriors holding spears with wide points, which is what we also find in Libyan monuments throughout North Africa (in the geographical area that Morocco extends to). Old) such as the Hermitage Monument (Tizi Ouzou), which dates back to the period between the third and fourth centuries BC.
Copied from the page of Dr. Al-Arabi Avon