Question
One of these instruments likely appears in Dacian (“DAY-shun”) hands on the base of Trajan’s column. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this long, trumpet-like instrument that was topped with the head of an animal like a boar. Iron Age Celts held this instrument upright to play in battle, including at Telamon, where the great din scared the Romans.
ANSWER: carnyx [or carnyces]
[10m] The carnyx emerged in this continental Celtic Iron Age material culture, which followed the Hallstatt. Greek and Italian objects inspired vegetal motifs on artifacts from this culture, which is named for a type-site in Switzerland.
ANSWER: La Tène (“la ten”) culture [accept La Tène C culture; reject “Tène”]
[10e] Three carnyx players appear on the Gundestrop cauldron next to a scene showing the sacrifice of this animal. Shrines to Mithras center on images showing this animal’s sacrifice in the “tauroctony.”
ANSWER: bulls [or cows, cattle, bullocks, calf, calves, or oxen; accept bovines or bovids]
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