English Explanatory Dictionary

Nebra sky disc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Nebra sky disc

Etymology

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

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