Author details/dating: 1380 BCE

Instrument Cited: Trumpet Horn

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An inventory of presents offered by King Tushratta of Mitanni to the Pharoah Amenophis IV on the occasion of the betrothal of his daughter Tatuhepa to the Egyptian Monarch. Amongst these were two karan, the pattu, reed or tube, corresponding to the older MEKKU being bound, probably with willow bark or bast, and the kizallu (gourd or- bell), the older PUKKU, made of wood overlaid with gold: one of the instruments was also mounted with two gold bands. List specified 40 horns all covered with gold and some studded with precious stones. 17 of them specifically called ox-horns.

Recent Reference: Galpin 1937: Sumerians p.24; Sachs 1940: p 73.