sentences:  Its sound was called in the Hebrew tongue "Asosra".” ("Antiquities of the Jews", 3.291)
  The "hasoserah" is depicted on the Arch of Titus among the spoils taken by the Romans in the sack of Jerusalem in 70 CE (though these particular trumpets appear to be at least long).A straight trumpet similar to the Egyptian "sheneb" was also used in ancient Babylonia and Assyria, where it was called the "qarna".On a relief from the time of Sennacherib (reigned 705–681 BCE) depicting the moving of a colossal bull statue, two trumpeters are standing on the statue; one is playing while the other rests.