Nebra sky disc

Nebra sky disc

English

The Nebra sky disc

Alternative forms

• Nebra Sky Disc

Etymology

Named after the German town of Nebra, Germany, near which it was discovered in 1999.

Proper noun

Nebra sky disc

1. (archaeology) 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.
   • 2013, Harald Meller, Chapter 14A: The Sky Disc of Nebra, Harry Fokkens, Anthony Harding (editors), The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, page 266,

     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, Chris Impey, Holly Henry, Dreams of Other Worlds, 2016, Paperback, Princeton University Press, page 190,

     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.

   • 2016, Robin Melrose, Religion in Britain from the Megaliths to Arthur, McFarland, page 50,

     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.

Translations

bronze disc dating from the European Bronze Age

French: disque céleste de Nebra m German: Himmelsscheibe von Nebra f Italian: Disco di Nebra m

Further reading

• Trundholm sun chariot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia