“The practice of cutting off the arms or other body parts of enemies, specifically as a testimony of the conquest of victims, is attested in the ancient Near East. … On the decorated Gates of Shalmaneser III (858–824 B.C.), Assyrian troops are shown cutting off the heads, feet, and hands of vanquished enemies. … This practice seems related to that of the astounded servants of King Lamoni, who took the arms that had been cut off by Ammon into the king as ‘a testimony’ of what Ammon had done” (Lundquist and Welch, “Ammon and Cutting Off the Arms of Enemies,” 180).