# When was the disc made and buried? · Nebra Sky Disc > Four answers have been proposed. The disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and… leads, with… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-26T11:58:13+00:00 --- **0** # When was the disc made and buried? Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·4 answers·0·0 following **Most likely: the disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and…** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## Where it stands Four answers have been proposed. The disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and… leads, with evidence 5 for, 1 against: supported by its tests. Three are still possible. Of the two narrower questions under it, two are answered. ## Why it matters The disc cannot be dated directly; its Early Bronze Age date rests on its association with the hoard and the Mittelberg findspot⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an). If that association fails, the disc is a single find dated only by style, and Gebhard and Krause place it in the Iron Age⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0J06GQQ/critical-comments-on-the-find-complex-of-the-so-called-nebra). ## Answers 4 [**The disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SB93E73C6/the-disc-was-made-in-the-early-bronze-age-perhaps-1800-to) Supported by its tests Evidence: 5 for, 1 against Most likely [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBC906VD6/none-of-these) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: none yet Still possible [**The disc is a modern forgery.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBBSC10GK/the-disc-is-a-modern-forgery) Failed a test; not refuted outright Evidence: 1 against Disputed [**The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBAT42GVA/the-disc-is-not-part-of-the-hoard-and-dates-to-the-iron-age) Failed a test; not refuted outright Evidence: 1 for, 2 against Disputed ## History 1. 2020[Pernicka et al. puts forward: the disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an) 1. 2020[Gebhard & Krause puts forward: the disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0J06GQQ/critical-comments-on-the-find-complex-of-the-so-called-nebra) 1. 2020[Pernicka et al. puts forward: the disc is a modern forgery.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an) 1. 2020[Gebhard & Krause: the looters gave divergent accounts of the find position, and the disc lay near the surface.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0J06GQQ/critical-comments-on-the-find-complex-of-the-so-called-nebra)Against: The disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and… 1. 2020[Pernicka et al.: the Regional Court of Halle found, with a probability close to certainty, that the disc was found with the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)For: The disc was made in the Early Bronze Age, perhaps 1800 to 1700 BC, used and altered for generations, and… 1. 2020[Pernicka et al.: the disc's uneven corrosion is explained by upright burial; its lead isotope variability by the variable…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)Against: The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC. 1. 2020[Gebhard & Krause: differences in corrosion and in the soil on three objects, and differences in chemical and lead isotope…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0J06GQQ/critical-comments-on-the-find-complex-of-the-so-called-nebra)For: The disc is not part of the hoard and dates to the Iron Age, in the first millennium BC. 1. 2020[Pernicka et al.: metal type, patina, technology and the isotope and lead-210 analyses establish the disc as ancient; the 2020…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)Against: The disc is a modern forgery. 1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8463DKB/when-was-the-disc-made-and-buried%23add-source) Where it fits Nebra Sky Disc **When was the disc made and buried?** Key question · you're here [How was the disc made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8KT2F7H/how-was-the-disc-made)Answered · It was cast as a flat preform and hot-forged in about ten cycles of heating and hammering, then annealed. [Where did the copper, tin and gold come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8VM1B5G/where-did-the-copper-tin-and-gold-come-from)Answered · Copper from the Mitterberg in the Salzburg Alps; tin and gold from Cornwall, the gold from the Carnon River. [ Ask a question under this one ]