Grave orb
Grave Orb is the name for a petrosphere that was put on the tomb of a deceased. Grave Orbs were made throughout Scandinavia from the Pre-Roman Iron Age until the Vendel era. The Grave Orb could have been selected for its round shape or shaped by hand. They were then put in the centre of a burial site. Tumuli, stone circles and stone ships often have a reclined or raised central stone, and grave orbs derive from this practice.They were of ritual or symbolic significance.
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Grave orb
Grave Orb is the name for a petrosphere that was put on the tomb of a deceased. Grave Orbs were made throughout Scandinavia from the Pre-Roman Iron Age until the Vendel era. The Grave Orb could have been selected for its round shape or shaped by hand. They were then put in the centre of a burial site. Tumuli, stone circles and stone ships often have a reclined or raised central stone, and grave orbs derive from this practice.They were of ritual or symbolic significance.
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Eine Grabkugel (schwedisch Gra ...... Kirchspiel Östra Torsäs liegt.
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Grave Orb is the name for a pe ...... haugr meaning mound or barrow.
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La sfera tombale è una sfera i ...... gnificato rituale o simbolico.
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Eine Grabkugel (schwedisch Gra ...... Kirchspiel Östra Torsäs liegt.
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Grave Orb is the name for a pe ...... tual or symbolic significance.
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La sfera tombale è una sfera i ...... gnificato rituale o simbolico.
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Grabkugel
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Grave orb
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Sfera tombale
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