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A ROMAN INSCRIBED SILVERED BRONZE TRUMPET
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A ROMAN INSCRIBED SILVERED BRONZE TRUMPET

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN INSCRIBED SILVERED BRONZE TRUMPET
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
With long crescentic sectioned body, the dotted inscription on the underside of the flared rim reads "Poplio Elios Apollinarios and Lady Tertia Marhana wife and Phillus Antiochoanos [their] son devoted to ...abhlo", the tapered body in three removable sections, repaired
4 ft. 2 in. (1.27 m.) long overall.
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Lot Essay

Trumpets would have been played at race victories and moments of sacrifice. Depicted on Trajan's column are sacrificial scenes with trumpeters forming a procession. The Legio III Augusta at Lambaesis in Africa had 39 tubicines (trumpeters) and 39 cornicines (horn players). Festivals of the state religion included the Tubilustrium - the purification of the trumpets, on 23 March and 23 May.

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