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)
