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Nebra sky disk
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Key facts
- Material
- Bronze, Gold
- Width
- 30 cm (12 in)
- Weight
- 2.2 kg (4.9 lb)
- Created
- c. 1800–1600 BCE
- Period culture
- Early Bronze Age
- Place
- Nebra (Unstrut) , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany
- Present location
- Halle State Museum of Prehistory
- Registration
- Nebra Sky Disc — Bronze Age representation of the sky, Germany
- Culture
- Únětice culture
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 32
- Mass
- 2050
- Official website
- www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky-disc
- Image
- Himmelsscheibe von Nebra - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle - Hinten.jpg
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- described at URL
- www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/nebra-sky-disc
- time of discovery or invention
- 1999-00-00
- inception
- 1600-00-00
- Commons category
- Nebra sky disk
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Article
The Nebra sky disc (German: Himmelsscheibe von Nebra, pronounced [ˈhɪml̩sˌʃaɪbə fɔn ˈneːbra]) is a bronze disc of around 30 cm (12 in) diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg (4.9 lb), having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols. These symbols are interpreted generally as the Sun or full moon, a lunar crescent, and stars, including a cluster of seven stars, axiomatically interpreted as the Pleiades.
Two golden arcs along the sides (one now missing) are thought to have marked the angle between the solstices. Another arc at the bottom with internal parallel lines is usually interpreted as a solar boat with numerous oars, although some authors have also suggested that it may represent a rainbow, the Aurora Borealis, a comet, or a sickle.