sentences:  According to the Classical writers, the Egyptian trumpet sounded like the braying of an ass.For the most part the trumpeters depicted in Egyptian art are engaged in military activities – the "sheneb" was probably used on the battlefield both to encourage (and possibly also to direct) the Pharaoh's troops and to intimidate the enemy.In some murals from the Eighteenth Dynasty, the "sheneb" appears to be accompanying dancers; if this is the case, it is possibly the earliest depiction of a trumpet in a truly "musical" setting.