Hai everybody
Some time since I last visited...
I hope I understood all the ideas and info well.
But judging this with only the drawing as example is not so ok.
I found that many drawings are not all that accurate repesentatifs of the ancient art.
There is a lot of details missing or not in place.
So hereby I post a good picture of an origional peace of baserelief.
This is one of the pictures I used for making my own replica (see the "assyrian slingers"-post from some time ago)
The picture comes from this site:
http://biblelandpictures.com/gallery/gallery.asp?action=browse&categoryid=55&whi...A lot more old-tyme weapons and stuff there .
You can clearly see the cord splitted, up to the hand.
Why the long cord? Many good suggestion are allready given.
But there is another problem...I see no wristloop!
The art in those days was very accurate and precisely detailed. No artistic freedom in those days.
Remeber this is all state-propaganda.
So now what?
I don't know, I think I'll stick to my dubble fingerloops.
Sander