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Named after the German town of Nebra, Germany, near which it was discovered in 1999.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nebra sky disc
Today it means: 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. Full definition →