Lur on Rock Carving

Iconography | IC174

Description: This image has generally been interpreted as a player blowing a pre-lur. I would suggest that the player is blowing a J-shaped instrument such as a lituus. That is not to say that it could not have been a pre-cursor to later lurs.

Citations: Lund, 1977; Nordbladh 1975: Figure 72

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