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. Goddess flanked by two six-spoked wheels and two elephantine creatures who seem to posses the body and tusks of a wild boar, the hind legs of a bull and the tusk of an elephant. Two griphins and a large hound are also depicted. National Museum of Denmark.

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Caption: 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. Goddess flanked by two six-spoked wheels and two elephantine creatures who seem to posses the body and tusks of a wild boar, the hind legs of a bull and the tusk of an elephant. Two griphins and a large hound are also depicted. National Museum of Denmark.

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