three carnyx players are depicted on plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron.

The Carnyx was a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, attested for ca. 300 BC to 200 AD. It is a kind of bronze trumpet, held vertically, the mouth styled in the shape of a boar's head. It was used in warfare, probably to incite troops to battle. The best preserved example is the Deskford Carnyx, found on the shores of the Moray Firth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1816. Fragments of only four other carnyces have been preserved, but the instrument is also known from depictions, on coins, and notably from the initiation scene of the Gundestrup cauldron. The name is known from textual sources, carnyces are reported from the Celtic attack on the Delphi in 279 BC, as well as from Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul and Claudius' invasion of Britain. The carnyx was not used by Celts exclusively; its use is attested for Dacia, and it was probably common all over Iron Age Europe. Plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron (see also Media:Gundestrup A.png) taken from taken from http://en. ... Plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron (see also Media:Gundestrup A.png) taken from taken from http://en. ... The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from the La Tene Period in the 2nd or 1st century BC. It was found in a peat bog near Gundestrup in Himmerland, Denmark in 1891. ... A wind instrument is a member of a family of musical instruments. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... A Celtic cross. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC Years: 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC - 300 BC - 299 BC 298 BC... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... Moray Firth is a roughly triangular area of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness. ... Introduction Aberdeenshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from the La Tene Period in the 2nd or 1st century BC. It was found in a peat bog near Gundestrup in Himmerland, Denmark in 1891. ... The amphitheater, seen from above Delphi (Chech Δελφοί - Delphoi) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC - 270s BC - 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 284 BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC - 279 BC - 278 BC 277 BC 276... Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ... A statue of Emperor Claudius Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus (August 1, 10 BC - October 13, 54), originally known as Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24th 41 to his death in 54. ... Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci or Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by the Tyras (Dniester or Nistru...

External links

• http://www.carnyx.musicscotland.com/
• http://www.shamrockirishmusic.org/id15.html