Tintignac Karnyces

Specimen Detail | SD319

Find Spot: Tintignac, a hamlet near Naves in the Corrèze region of France.

Date of Illustration: between 200 BCE and 200CE

Description: (a) Snake-headed instrument. Made of wrought sheet and riveted together

Similar objects: SD401, SD318

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SD319a

Description: (b) Boar-headed instrument. Head cast in one piece. Has one ear attached and both jaws intact, the lower jaw having prominent teeth.

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SD319b

Description: (c) Boar-headed instrument. Head cast in one piece. Has no ears attached and lower jaw broken off. No teeth.

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SD319c

Description: (d) Boar-headed instrument. Head of wrought sheet construction with only front of face intact. Has no ears attached and both jaws intact. No teeth.

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SD319d

Description: (e) Boar-headed instrument. Head of wrought sheet construction with front of face intact and portion of neck which has a torc in place. Has remains of one ear attached and both jaws intact but shorter than other wrought instruments. No teeth.

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SD319e

Description: (f) Boar-headed instrument. Head of wrought sheet construction with all face intact and curved portion bell yard and short section of tube yard. Two torcs in place, one immediately behing head and the other at the bell-yard/tube yard junction. Has no ears attached. The lower jaw has prominent teeth.

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SD319f

Description: (g) Boar-headed instrument. Head of wrought sheet construction with all face intact and short portion of curved bell yard with a torc in place. Has one large ear attached. The lower jaw has fairly prominent teeth.

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SD319g

Citations:

Holmes 2022: Figures 4.2, 4.8