Hammered and Chased Silver, with Gold Length: 58.2cm (23 inches) Grand Egyptian Museum #? (Used to be JE 62007) Wooden Core "This silver trumpet with its golden mouthpiece was found with a decorated wooden core inside, probably to protect the thin metal from distortion, or to help in cleaning inside its tube with a piece of cloth. "The decoration on the bell shows incised scenes of the gods Amun-Re and Re-Horakhty before Ptah. "From experiments, the sound produced was described as "raucous and powerful" and it is likely that the trumpet signal code was a rhythmic one on a single pitch."(Info from Global Egyptian Museum)
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