A cult-wagon or hanging vessel with a swan protom from the Urnfield period from Slovakia

Abstract

Cult symbols, such as the sun, a wheel or waterfowl, accompany the Bronze Age throughout Europe at least. Recently, the range of these objects was enriched by the accidental discovery of a bronze sculpture of a swan with an upper hole in the hollow body and cut limbs, richly decorated with engraved ornaments with a location in the Liptov Basin.

Keywords

• cult-wagon
• Liptovský Hrádok
• the Urnfield period
• Slovakia