EditorialFugitives cross a moat swimming with goat skins or bladders Detail from Ashurnazirpal's siege of a city. Stone bas-relief (9th BCE) from the palace of Ashurnazirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia.
EditorialSwimmers with pig's bladders to keep them afloat. Door covering the Palace at Imgur-Enlil (Balawat) of King Shalmaneser III (858-824 BCE) of Assur. Bronze relief. Height: 11 cm AO 22286.
EditorialDish with Saint George and the dragon, In the plate of the dish, where the center point is visible, punch shapes were punched with the help of stamp forms: a depiction of Saint H. derived from Legenda Aurea. Joris on horseback in battle with the dragon...