Drimoleague, Co. Cork (1-off)

Specimen Detail | SD015

Description: Class II side-blow. Cones at bell.Drimoleague, Co. Cork. BM. Type BS. There are two rivet holes in the bell end. Praetorius states right side of the mouth hole there is a rude ornamentation scratched side of the mouth hole there is an iron nail Which Praetorius regards temporary with the manufacture of the trumpet. This possibly dates it to after 175 BCE. Praetorius 1899: p. 408

Location: Formerly British Museum, London,

***Citation(s): *** Ref: B.M. Reliquary and Ill. Arch.5, 1899, 116 fig.I.