Leuker

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Settlement area of ​​the Leuker, middle of the map on the right

The Leuker (lat. Leuci ) were a Celtic tribe in what is now eastern France . In this core area of ​​the Latène culture they were neighbors of the Mediomatriker , Treverer , Triboker and Lingonen .

On the Donon , a mountain in the Vosges , there was a ( Mercurius ) sanctuary, around which there was a loose association of these named tribes for their protection and cult (according to the classic amphyctionia ). An interpretatio Romana of the (unknown) divine tribal founder or the local deity as Mercurius would therefore be possible. In the middle of the cult site was a 6.35 m deep funnel-shaped sacrificial pit, earlier than suspected a hero's grave.

The main places of Leuk were Tullum (Toul), Messinum (Messein) and Nasium (Naix-aux-Forges).

The people of Leuk minted coins . Some specimens of the so-called potin coins were found in the gold coin treasure from Riegel and on the Keltenwall Donnersberg .

A boar with a bristle comb can be seen on the lapel .

literature

  • Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , pp. 598-599.

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