 The papyrus fragment known as P.Oxy.III 466 dating from the 2nd century gives the earliest surviving description in writing of wrestling techniques.In Sardinia, a Mediterranean island, a fighting style which has been called "istrumpa" was practised in the Bronze Age, as demonstrated by the finding of a little bronze statue (known as ""Bronzetto dei lottatori"" or "bronze of the fighting men"), which shows two fighters struggling with each other on the ground.