# What does the image on the disc represent? · Nebra Sky Disc > Four answers have been proposed. The disc is a cosmological or shamanistic image of sun or moon and stars that does not map a real sky or… leads, with… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-26T11:58:13+00:00 --- **0** # What does the image on the disc represent? Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·4 answers·0·0 following **Most likely: the disc shows the night sky with the Pleiades and served as a memory aid and leap rule for reconciling lunar…** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## Where it stands Four answers have been proposed. The disc is a cosmological or shamanistic image of sun or moon and stars that does not map a real sky or… leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. Three are still possible. ## Why it matters The disc is called the oldest concrete depiction of the sky; whether it encodes astronomical knowledge, such as a leap rule, or is a symbolic cosmology changes what it says about Bronze Age Europe⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB19E27SK/an-interpretation-of-the-nebra-disc). ## Answers 4 [**The disc is a cosmological or shamanistic image of sun or moon and stars that does not map a real sky or…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBD881SFN/the-disc-is-a-cosmological-or-shamanistic-image-of-sun-or) Partly supported by its tests Evidence: 1 for Most likely [**The disc shows the night sky with the Pleiades and served as a memory aid and leap rule for reconciling lunar…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBCGT36ZC/the-disc-shows-the-night-sky-with-the-pleiades-and-served-as) Partly supported by its tests Evidence: 2 for Most likely [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBE7G2TBA/none-of-these) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: none yet Still possible [**The image records a rare sky event, a planetary conjunction with Castor and Pollux in 2210 BC and a supernova.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/answers/ANS0D2SBDQW7A5S/the-image-records-a-rare-sky-event-a-planetary-conjunction) Failed a test; not refuted outright Evidence: 1 against Disputed ## History 1. 2007[Pásztor & Roslund puts forward: the disc is a cosmological or shamanistic image of sun or moon and stars that does not map a real sky or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB19E27SK/an-interpretation-of-the-nebra-disc) 1. 2007[Pásztor & Roslund: apart from the seven-star cluster the stars are scattered evenly; Pásztor and Roslund hold that they do not…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB19E27SK/an-interpretation-of-the-nebra-disc)For: The disc is a cosmological or shamanistic image of sun or moon and stars that does not map a real sky or… 1. 2020[Pernicka et al. puts forward: the disc shows the night sky with the Pleiades and served as a memory aid and leap rule for reconciling lunar…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an) 1. 2020[Pernicka et al.: the seven-star cluster is clearly separated from the evenly distributed other stars.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB0A67Q0N/why-the-nebra-sky-disc-dates-to-the-early-bronze-age-an)For: The disc shows the night sky with the Pleiades and served as a memory aid and leap rule for reconciling lunar… 1. 2024[Vogt & Crocco puts forward: the image records a rare sky event, a planetary conjunction with Castor and Pollux in 2210 BC and a supernova.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB1H84H8W/does-the-nebra-sky-disk-encode-an-early-bronze-age-report-of) 1. 2024[Vogt & Crocco: the proposal fits the disc to a computed conjunction and a candidate remnant (3C 58), but the disc was made…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2SB1H84H8W/does-the-nebra-sky-disk-encode-an-early-bronze-age-report-of)Against: The image records a rare sky event, a planetary conjunction with Castor and Pollux in 2210 BC and a supernova. 1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent%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/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent%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/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent%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/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent%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/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent%23add-source) Where it fits Nebra Sky Disc **What does the image on the disc represent?** Key question · you're here [ Ask a question under this one ]