The Gundestrup cauldron. Silver vessel. 200 BC and 300 AD. H

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. Horned male figure seated in a central position. He holds a torc in his right hand and the ram-horned serpent in his left. Attended by a stag on his right and a boar on his left. Is generally identified as the god Cernunnos. National Museum of Denmark

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