Tuba and Two Cornua on Mosaic

Iconography | IC012

Find Spot: Zliten, Tripoli, Libya

Date of Illustration: lst to 3^rd^ Century CE

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Description: Two cornu and one tuba played to accompany a hydraulis heralding the victory in a gladiatorial combat. Mosaic pavement of a Roman villa depicting two cornua and a tuba being played at a gladiatorial combat, accompanied by an hydraulis.

Citations: Kinsky 1929: p.20, No. l, Harrison 1964: Figure 23

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