true - but making assumptions about weapons use based purely on decorative illustrations just has to be a bit dodgy.
what's wrong with the illustration. Okay the arm position is way off, fine we'll put that down to artistic licence. #
But he also has the wrong leg bent his weight is forward, it should be on his back leg.
Okay we'll put that down to artistic licence too.
His sling pouch is hanging loose on an arm that's about to drop. Just completely impractical. Artistic licence ?
So what we've got - knowlege wise is that the person drawing the picture had heard of slinging, but did not know what a 'working' slinger actually looks like.
Slinging is a good example of historians drawing incorrect conclusions - as it's near enough a dead art.
And lets be honest here basing your greek style throw on a passage that indicates lead bullets melting because they were slung so hard - possibly - just possibly - not the most truthful or accurate description I've read
Possibly the three rotations is correct - but given the obvious fiction of the rest of the passage, how can you give creedence to one part of an account when the rest is obvious nonsense ?