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Carnyx from the Tintignac group Three carnyx players depicted on plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron. The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE.
Tintignac is a hamlet near Naves in the Corrèze region of France. It is primarily known for the archaeological remains of a sanctuary where Gallic and Gallo-Roman artefacts have been found, including seven carnyces (war trumpets) and ornamented helmets. [ 1 ]
Among the most specific details that are clearly Celtic are the group of carnyx players. The carnyx war horn was known from Roman descriptions of the Celts in battle and Trajan's Column, and a few pieces are known from archaeology, their number greatly increased by finds at Tintignac in France in 2004.
Arnaut de Tintinhac or Tintignac was a 12th-century Gascon nobleman and troubadour from Naves, near Tulle. He was the lord of Tintinhac , probably a feudatory of the viscount of Turrenne , and very proud of his heritage, as indicated when he refers to himself anonymously as sel de Tintinhac : "he of Tintinhac".
Carnyx players (bottom right) on a panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron Sculpture depicting a bard with a lyre (Brittany, 2nd century BC). Deductions about the music of the ancient Celts of the La Tène period and their Gallo-Roman and Romano-British descendants of Late Antiquity rely primarily on Greek and Roman sources, as well as on archaeological finds and interpretations including the ...
Celtic war trumpet named "carnyx" found in the Gallic sanctuary of Tintignac, Corrèze, France. Celtic bronze helmet in the shape of swan found in Tintignac , Corrèze , France. The Vix krater , discovered in the grave of the " Lady of Vix ", in northern Burgundy , France, 500 BC
One of their main sanctuaries was recently found in Tintignac including several unique objects in the world such as "carnyx".
Its name is derived from the name of a Celtic tribe, the Lemovices, whose main sanctuary was recently found in Tintignac and became a major site for Celtic study which were found such as the carnyces in the whole Celtic world.