Tuba/Lur on Rock Carving

Iconography | IC171

Description: This image has generally been interpreted as a player blowing pre-lurs standing up in boat. I would suggest that the player is blowing a straight instrument such as a tuba. That is not to say that it could not have been a pre-cursor to later lurs.

Citations: Lund 1977: Figure 14; Nordbladh 1975:, Figure 25

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