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Roman Tuba in Games at Batten Zamour
Find Spot: Villa at Batten Zamour, Lybia Date of Illustration: Second to fourth century CE
read moreWhen the Romans replaced the Salpinx with the Tuba
For many centuries, the salpinx held its position as announcer in the Greek games or agon.
Bosceaz Animal Horn Instrument on Mosaic
Find Spot: Bosceaz, Switzerland Date of Illustration: 2nd century CE
read moreCornua on Column of Marcus Aurelius
Find Spot Column of Marcus Aurelius 5 Date of Illustration: 169-172CE
read moreFolded Tuba on Tomb Stone
Find Spot: Mainz, Germany Current Location: Stadtische Altertumersammlung, Mainz Description: Carving of small doubly curved instrument on tomb stone of cavalry man Andes.
read moreIC671 Liticen on Roman Villa at Noheda
Find Spot: Noheda near Cuenca Date of Illustration: Fourth century CE
read moreRoman Graffito on Via Appia
Find Spot: Villa below the basilica of San Sebastiano, Via Appia, Rome
read moreRoman Graffito on Via Appia
Find Spot: Villa below the basilica of San Sebastiano, Via Appia, Rome
read moreRoman Tuba in Sacrifice at Tropeum
Find Spot: Temple of Apollo Sosiano, Rome Current location: Museo Capitolino, Roma
read moreSpecimen Detail: - Bronze Salpingai
Description: A Papyrus in Greek. It describes objects from the Temple, among these being salpingai chalkai or bronze salpinges.
read moreSpecimen Detail: - Sacred Bronze Salpingai
Description: A set of papyri discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt dating from Roman Ptolomaic times, around the 3rd century BCE.
read moreTuba (long) in Graeco-Roman Games
Find Spot: Villa of Lucius Verus on the Via Cassia near to Rome
read moreTuba in Graeco-Roman agonistic scene
Find Spot: N/A Current location: Louvre, Paris, 329 Date of Illustration: Late Antonine
read moreRoman Graffito on Via Appia
Find Spot: Villa below the basilica of San Sebastiano, Via Appia, Rome
read moreRoman Graffito on Via Appia
Find Spot: Villa below the basilica of San Sebastiano, Via Appia, Rome
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