Nebra sky disc en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after the German town of Nebra, Germany, near which it was discovered in 1999.
Meanings
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A bronze disc featuring gold symbols inlaid on a blue-green patina, generally interpreted as depicting the Sun or full moon, a lunar crescent and stars (including a group that may be the Pleiades), dated to circa 1800–1600 BCE and attributed to the Unetice culture of the early European Bronze Age.
The Nebra sky disc, dated to 1600 BC, was found on the Mittelberg, a hilltop site near Nebra in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, along with two bronze swords, two hatchets, a chisel and fragments of spiral bracelets.
2016, Robin Melrose, Religion in Britain from the Megaliths to Arthur, McFarland, page 50:Discovered near the town of Nebra in Germany, the Nebra sky disc is believed by archaeoastronomers to be a Bronze Age durable sky map dating back to 1600 BC.
2013, Chris Impey, Holly Henry, “Dreams of Other Worlds”, in Paperback, Princeton University Press, published 2016, page 190:The Nebra Sky Disc is one of archaeology's prime finds because its cosmological iconography offers a unique insight into the mental processes of Bronze Age people.
2013, Harald Meller, “Chapter 14A: The Sky Disc of Nebra”, in Harry Fokkens, Anthony Harding, editors, The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, page 266:
Forms
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Translations (4)
de Himmelsscheibe von Nebra (bronze disc dating from the European Bronze Age) · fr disque céleste de Nebra (bronze disc dating from the European Bronze Age) · it Disco di Nebra (bronze disc dating from the European Bronze Age) · hu nebrai korong (bronze disc dating from the European Bronze Age)