The Gundestrup cauldron. Silver vessel. 200 BC and 300 AD. B
The Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La T?@ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Scene showing the bust of a bearded god who holds a broken wheel in his righ hand, sometimes identified with the Celtic thunder god Taranos. The wheel is supported by a smaller figure with a horned helmet depicted in a jumping stance. Below the group is a single ram-horned serpent, three griffins and a pair leopards. National Museum of Denmark
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