Hunting/signal horn

[M. Demetrius]

The Roman soldiers seem to have made metal horns (think cornu or tuba), mostly

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while the Syrians, Yemenis and Israelis used ram horns (think shofar)
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I would be unsurprised to find that Roman farmers/ranchers used sheep, goat, cattle horns for signals of various kinds, as well as for making spoons, cups, decorations, etc. Horn has many uses.