# The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.

> Disputed: The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.

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# The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.

The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Soil adhesions on the disc differ from those on the hoard objects.
- Stylistic parallels in the Iron Age, none in the Bronze Age.
- Disc metal chemically distinct from the hoard.

## What would rule it out

- A blind multi-sample soil study confirming that the disc and the hoard share the Mittelberg soil, together with chemically matching metal.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Differences in corrosion and in the soil on three objects, and differences in chemical and lead isotope…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/evidence/EVD0D2SBB1Y556N/differences-in-corrosion-and-in-the-soil-on-three-objects)

Suggestive

FOR

[The disc's uneven corrosion is explained by upright burial; its lead isotope variability by the variable…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/evidence/EVD0D2SBB9R092S/the-discs-uneven-corrosion-is-explained-by-upright-burial)

Supported

AGAINST

[The ship motif added in phase III is central in Bronze Age imagery and absent in the Iron Age; the simple…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/evidence/EVD0D2SBBHJ0CAX/the-ship-motif-added-in-phase-iii-is-central-in-bronze-age)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[When was the disc made and buried?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried)

Most likelyThe disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC. [Answer ANS0D2SBAT42GVA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D2SBAT42GVA
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**ANS** 0D2SBAT42GVA

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