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Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain) (c2500-c800 BC). Bronze trumpet, part broken away on under side; 6 large conical knobs below mouth; 4 smaller conical knobs and 4 perforations at lower end. Bronze trumpet, badly broken at middle; 6 large conical knobs with circular rings below mouth; one similar smaller kob and a perforation preserved at lower end. Bronze tube of trumpet, both ends tapered wtih 4 rivet holes, with shoulder behind, that at one end decorated with 5 ribs, and 2 more at its junction with the main part of the tube, the other end plain; the middle remains of suspension ring.  Dimensions: height: 21.3 cmdiameter: 9.4 cmlength: 35.8 cm.
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Title:
Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.
Caption:
Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain) (c2500-c800 BC). Bronze trumpet, part broken away on under side; 6 large conical knobs below mouth; 4 smaller conical knobs and 4 perforations at lower end. Bronze trumpet, badly broken at middle; 6 large conical knobs with circular rings below mouth; one similar smaller kob and a perforation preserved at lower end. Bronze tube of trumpet, both ends tapered wtih 4 rivet holes, with shoulder behind, that at one end decorated with 5 ribs, and 2 more at its junction with the main part of the tube, the other end plain; the middle remains of suspension ring. Dimensions: height: 21.3 cmdiameter: 9.4 cmlength: 35.8 cm
Credit:
Album / Heritage Images / Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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6764 x 5022 px | 97.2 MB
Print size:
57.3 x 42.5 cm | 22.5 x 16.7 in (300 dpi)