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Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc
Sebastian Dieck, Oliver Michael, Markus Wilke et al., 2024. Scientific Reports 14, 28868.
Metallography of a small sample from the disc's rim (colour etching, EDS, EBSD, microhardness) compared with a replica forged from an alloy of the same composition. Shows the disc was cast as a flat preform and then hot-forged in about ten cycles of heating to nearly 700 °C and hammering, ending with a heat treatment.
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The manufacturing evidence, the alloy composition and the thickness profile.
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Dieck, S., Michael, O., Wilke, M., Halle, T., Wunderlich, C. H., Bunnefeld, J. H., Bauer, H. R., & Meller, H. (2024). Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc. Scientific Reports 14, 28868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80545-5
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Dieck, Sebastian et al.. “Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc.” Scientific Reports 14, 28868 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80545-5.