Museum of: Berlin
    Name of the artefact: Standard
   
The deposit of Heegermühle, found in 1889 near the brickyard Schüssler, contains 33 objects dated to the Late Bronze Age. The most interesting piece is the standard with three bird-shaped ends. The depiction of birds, especially water birds, plays an important rule in the religious cult of the Bronze Age people.
                                 
 
WHERE IS IT AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
  
STATE
Department:
Museum for Pre- and Early History
Preservation:
 Very good
Inventory number:
If 12331
Restauration:
 Restored
Name of the artefact:
Standard
Completeness:
 Complete
Object type:
Tool
  
Material:
Bronze
Methof of manufacture:
Casting
Decoration type:
Plastic
Distinctive mark:
Three water birds at the top
DIMENSIONS
  
PERIOD OF USE
Length (mm):
137
Epoque:
Bronze Age
Heigth (mm):
71
Culture:
Northern European Bronze Age
Diameter (mm):
-
Period:
Late Bronze Age
Width (mm):
-
Face:
Period IV
Thickness (mm):
-
Absolute chronology:
1000 BC
Weight (g):
347
DISCOVERY
Date:
1889
Country:
Germany
District:
Brandenburg
Town hall affiliation:
Oberbarnim
Village:
Heegermühle
Discovery findspot:
Brickyard Schüssler
Condition of discovery:
Chance Discovery
Discovery type:
Deposit
 
ANALYSES – DETERMINATIONS
 
FILLED IN BY
Type:
-
Name:
Dr. Manfred Nawroth
Laboratory:
-
Institution:
Museum for Pre- and Early History
No./Code:
-
Date:
20/9/2005
 
DEEPENINGS

Morphology of the object:
The standard consists of a spout, decorated with two rows of grooves, and three arms in the shape of water birds. The outer ones are characterised.

Decoration:
-

Inscription:
-

Analogies:
-

Interpretation:
-
Bibliography:
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