National Museum Denmark

The bronze "Night " side of the disc .Apologies for the poor quality of the pic .

Posted by tiompan
17th August 2017ce

Edited 17th August 2017ce

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Sun wheels and of course sun discs, the Lansdown 'sun disc' very similar in design, except the Bath one has a central star as a motif. At first thought to be the bottom of a 'tankard' it went all the way to Germany but then came back to this country. Now did those bronze age barrow dwellers hold the sun disc up to the sun in some form of ritual? ;) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=309911001&objectId=3158230&partId=1	Posted by moss 18th August 2017ce


And "drums " too. The Balkakra "drum " from Scania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balk%C3%A5kra_Ritual_Object Which has similarities with the Hasfalva "drum" from Hungary http://nyomasmindenre.hu/anyagleadas/anyagleadas/00000000/50/1.pdf Then there are the Belt plates e.g. Langstrup http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-bronze-age/the-belt-plate-from-langstrup/ The "sun " association has stuck and will probably be around for some time .	Posted by tiompan 18th August 2017ce

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