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The Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La Te_ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Warrior's initiation. Bottom: row of warriors bearing shields supporting a tree on their spears accompanied by three figures playing boar-headed carnyxes. Above: the tree ride four wariors, each with a boar-crested helmet. On the left-hand is a giant figure who is immersing a figure in a cauldron. National Museum of Denmark.

The Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La Te_ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Warrior's initiation. Bottom: row of warriors bearing shields supporting a tree on their spears accompanied by three figures playing boar-headed carnyxes. Above: the tree ride four wariors, each with a boar-crested helmet. On the left-hand is a giant figure who is immersing a figure in a cauldron. National Museum of Denmark.
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The Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La Te_ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Warrior's initiation. Bottom: row of warriors bearing shields supporting a tree on their spears accompanied by three figures playing boar-headed carnyxes. Above: the tree ride four wariors, each with a boar-crested helmet. On the left-hand is a giant figure who is immersing a figure in a cauldron. National Museum of Denmark.
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4417 x 2756 px | 34.8 MB
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37.4 x 23.3 cm | 14.7 x 9.2 in (300 dpi)
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