Relief with the judgment of Zaleucus in the Court of Justice of the Town Hall on the Dam

Relief with the Judgment of Zaleucus in the Court of the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam. Lawgiver Zaleucus, sitting in the center, while one of his eyes is being gouged out. To the right sits his son, who would succeed him. Zaleucus was responsible for the introduction of strict laws. Adultery was thus punished by the gouging out of both eyes of the criminal. When his own son was caught committing adultery, he decided to take half the punishment upon himself, and one eye was gouged out of both him and his son. The Court was a public court of justice used by the sheriff and aldermen solely for pronouncing death sentences. Below the representation two columns with three lines of Latin text each. In the center at the bottom marked: B.