Two trumpeters from the time of Haremheb

Iconography | IC569

Find Spot: Cave Silsileh, Egypt

Date of Illustration: around 1330 BCE

Description: Two trumpeters are also seen in a triumphal march of Haremheb following the return from a successful battle against the Nubians. One such scene is present on a sandstone bas relief in the cave Silsileh (rear wall left).

The scene depicts a group of prisoners and two trumpet players one of whom plays his instrument while the other kneels to offer his homages while holding his instrument.

Citations: Hickmann 1946: Fig. 6

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