Hannover Lituus

Specimen Detail | SD232

Find Spot: Near Hannover, Germany

Date of Find: 1857

Dating of Item: Possibly late Iron Age, based on Iconography

Current Location: not known

Condition: Probably complete

Constructional Details: Cast Materials Bronze

Description: Conically bored instrument, 992 mm long. Bell opening 107 mm. Bell turns through 90°. Conical mouthpiece apparently surrounded by a cast lead ring. Carrying. rings on tube and bell yards. Central ferrule Eye-shaped cross-section.

Related Material: Similar to SD203, 204, 240, 241, 242, 244, and 248. Type illustrated in IC150.

Citations: Olshausen, 1891, 857, Figure 4; Behn 1912: p.38, Abb. 4 (d).