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Caergwrle Bowl
The Caergwrle Bowl is a unique object dating to the Bronze Age Britain, Middle Bronze Age, , originally manufactured from shale, tin and gold, and found in Caergwrle, Flintshire, north east Wales. It is thought to represent a boat, with its applied gold decoration signifying oars and waves, and either Solar deity, sun discs or circular shields. At both ends of the boat is a pair of wiktionary:oculi, oculi or 'eyes'. Construction and history The Caergwrle Bowl may represent a mythological Solar Deity#Solar vessels and chariots, solar boat. Similarities have been noted with contemporary miniature Nordic Bronze Age, gold boats from Nors in Denmark, which also bear circular solar symbols, and with the later Broighter Gold, Broighter gold boat from Ireland. The Caergwrle bowl has been compared to the earlier Nebra sky disc from Germany, which is thought to depict a solar boat, possibly in the form of a bowl. The Mold gold cape, gold cape from Mold, which dates from the same period as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caergwrle Bowl
The Caergwrle Bowl is a unique object dating to the Bronze Age Britain, Middle Bronze Age, , originally manufactured from shale, tin and gold, and found in Caergwrle, Flintshire, north east Wales. It is thought to represent a boat, with its applied gold decoration signifying oars and waves, and either Solar deity, sun discs or circular shields. At both ends of the boat is a pair of wiktionary:oculi, oculi or 'eyes'. Construction and history The Caergwrle Bowl may represent a mythological Solar Deity#Solar vessels and chariots, solar boat. Similarities have been noted with contemporary miniature Nordic Bronze Age, gold boats from Nors in Denmark, which also bear circular solar symbols, and with the later Broighter Gold, Broighter gold boat from Ireland. The Caergwrle bowl has been compared to the earlier Nebra sky disc from Germany, which is thought to depict a solar boat, possibly in the form of a bowl. The Mold gold cape, gold cape from Mold, which dates from the same period as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
