Cult car from Strettweg

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The Strettweg victim wagon
The Strettweg victim wagon
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The cult car of Strettweg (also Strettweg sacrificial car ) is a 7th century BC. A bronze cult car made in the 3rd century BC , which was found in 1851 while leveling a princely grave of the Hallstatt culture in Strettweg near Judenburg in Austria . In addition to the carriage, other grave goods such as jewelry and amphorae made of bronze, iron weapons and bridles were found.

The 46.2 cm high car consists of a rectangular, perforated base plate with four spoked wheels. In the center of the wagon stands an approximately 32 cm high female figure carrying a bowl-shaped object with raised hands. Next to her the bowl is held by two scissor-shaped supports. An almost hemispherical cauldron rests on the bowl, which is closed off by an openwork rim with a spiral ornament. In addition to the kettle carrier, there are numerous other figures in the form of standing and mounted people as well as horse and deer-like animals. The displayed scene is interpreted as a victim scene. The wagon probably served as a cult object , to hold libations .

The Strettweg victim wagon was restored in 2009 and is in the original in the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz , Archaeological Museum Schloss Eggenberg . A copy is on display in the Judenburg Museum. The insurance value is 50 million euros.

In 2012, further excavations were started in the area of ​​the site and another princely grave was also found.

literature

  • Markus Egg : News about the prince grave of Strettweg . 1991.
  • Markus Egg, Gerhard Stawinoga: The Hallstatt- era princely grave of Strettweg near Judenburg in Upper Styria . Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Research Institute for Prehistory and Early History, 1996, ISBN 3884670360

Individual evidence

  1. a b c https://www.museum-joanneum.at/archaeologiemuseum-schloss-eggenberg/sammlungen/der-kultwagen-von-strettweg

Web links

Commons : Kultwagen von Strettweg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 10 ′ 36 ″  N , 14 ° 39 ′ 23 ″  E