Gullgubber
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gullgubber-171-1137560
title:
Gullgubber
text:
Gullgubber or guldgubber, guldgubbar, are art-objects, amulets, or offerings found in Scandinavia and dating to the Nordic Iron Age. They consist of thin pieces of beaten gold, usually between 1 and 2 cm. in size, usually stamped with a motif, and are the oldest examples of toreutics in Northern Europe. The word gullgubbe means "little old man of gold" and is taken from a report published in 1791 by Nils Henrik Sjöborg, in which he said that villagers in Ravlunda, Scania, who found them in the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Nordic gold figures
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullgubber
date created:
2010-05-05T01:53:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:15:47Z
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13
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