@Nescio do you know the Adoulis inscription?   Another question, in this article the author wrote: "Notice the absence of the turret, which could only be used on Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)."  Do you think it is correct? https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/8/4/160/htm Edit: with the terracotta found in Pompei from your excerpt of Bar-Kochva's book, I am not sure it is correct. That makes sense. It is the case with ancient horse as well. Iron age horses were smaller tha