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Pendant of the Pilinyer culture with symbolism of the sun chariot

UnknownLate Bronze Age, 13th century BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

This pendant bears religious symbols typical for the Late Bronze Age – between two spoked wheels hangs a sun symbol and the surrounding crescent with four ribs can be interpreted as a sun barque, the vehicle on which the sun travels across the sky. Pendants of this kind are very rare and are limited to the area of the Pilinyer Culture in Southern Slovakia.

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  • Title: Pendant of the Pilinyer culture with symbolism of the sun chariot
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: Late Bronze Age, 13th century BCE
  • Type: Religious object
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Inv. no.: VIIIa 3691
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
  • External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Oliver Thiel || Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / B. Heeb
  • Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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