# Pásztor 2007: An interpretation of the Nebra disc

> Emília Pásztor, Curt Roslund, 2007. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The symbolic, non-calendrical answer.

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# An interpretation of the Nebra disc

Emília Pásztor, Curt Roslund, 2007. _Antiquity 81, 267–278_.

Reads the disc (just over 320 mm across) as a cosmological and shamanistic device of a local warrior society rather than a precise image of the sky.

**Nebra Sky Disc** Articledoi: **[10.1017/S0003598X00095168](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00095168)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The symbolic, non-calendrical answer.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[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)

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ANS

[Apart from the seven-star cluster the stars are scattered evenly; Pásztor and Roslund hold that they do not…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/evidence/EVD0D2SBDG277P8/apart-from-the-seven-star-cluster-the-stars-are-scattered)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

[What does the image on the disc represent?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nebra-sky-disc/questions/QST0D2SB8C05M85/what-does-the-image-on-the-disc-represent)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Pásztor, E., & Roslund, C. (2007). An interpretation of the Nebra disc. Antiquity 81, 267–278. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00095168
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00095168)

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