A black & white line drawing/engraving of a pig headed trumpet raised above a spear carrying army.
For #FindsFriday this gorgeous depiction of the Deskford carnyx by Keith Henderson in Piggott’s Scotland Before History, 1958.
Found c.1816 Near Deskford, just south of the Moray coast, it dates to the later 1stC AD, deposited in a bog c.2/3rdC. Now in the National Museum of Scotland.
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The two volumes of Fraser Hunter's carnyx study, with red covers and roman and iron age iconography on the cover... and a carnyx!
Another fabulous book post day...
I treated myself! ❤️
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Close up of the torc around the neck of the carnyx
Close up , showing the gold colour
Better photos of torc & discs/terminals on #Carnyx.
Colour difference suggests torc might be gilded, although by no means certain.
From colour, I don't think it's solid gold & they didn't plate then. It could also be bronze, but with better preservation.
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