# Soil samples Sp 1 (disc), Sp 2 (Sword II), Sp 3 (axe) and VM 1 (findspot)

> Soil adhering to the objects compared with soil from the looters' pit; the match is part of the evidence that the disc came from the Mittelberg.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/artifacts/ART0D2SBJM41N3S/soil-samples-sp-1-disc-sp-2-sword-ii-sp-3-axe-and-vm-1  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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**ART** 0D2SBJM41N3S·Artifact · sample

# Soil samples Sp 1 (disc), Sp 2 (Sword II), Sp 3 (axe) and VM 1 (findspot)

SamplepublisherSampled 2002 onwards

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1553/archaeologia104s89).

Soil adhering to the objects compared with soil from the looters' pit; the match is part of the evidence that the disc came from the Mittelberg.

Pernicka and twelve co-authors, 2002. publisher

## Copies 1

**Document** Pernicka and twelve co-authors · doi.org · 2020 · publisherPrimary source: [Why the Nebra Sky Disc Dates to the Early Bronze Age. An Overview of the Interdisciplinary Results](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1553/archaeologia104s89)

## Where it was made

[Mittelberg near Nebra](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D2SB3040RP3/mittelberg-near-nebra) · Hilltop findspot within an Iron Age enclosure

## Sources 1

- [Why the Nebra Sky Disc Dates to the Early Bronze Age. An Overview of the Interdisciplinary Results](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Soil samples Sp 1 (disc), Sp 2 (Sword II), Sp 3 (axe) and VM 1 (findspot) [Artifact ART0D2SBJM41N3S]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D2SBJM41N3S
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Key

**ART** 0D2SBJM41N3S

Kind

Sample

Held by

LDA Sachsen-Anhalt / forensic analyst J. Adam

Dated

sampled 2002 onwards

Licence

publisher

Place

[Mittelberg near Nebra](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D2SB3040RP3/mittelberg-near-nebra)

Part of

[Nebra Sky Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc)

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