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State Museum of Prehistory, Halle (institutional record)

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State Museum of Prehistory, Halle, cited here as an institutional record, is the museum's own custodial account of its 2002 recovery and continuing custody of the Nebra Sky Disc, the Bronze Age bronze disc with gold appliques. The museum operates under Saxony-Anhalt's Ministry of Culture with professional archaeological curatorial standards, so its record of the disc's recovery, provenance and its own governance is a reliable primary institutional statement. Its limit is that a custodial record establishes holding and provenance facts, not a scholarly interpretation of the disc's astronomical or ritual meaning, which remains debated among archaeoastronomers. Cite it for the museum and the disc's custody history; the disc's meaning needs dedicated scholarly study.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Custodial/institutional self-account (a museum's own record of its holdings). Museums and other institutional self-accounts sit at tier 2, not tier 1 or tier 3; tier 3 is reserved for a tradition's own account of its own teachings and practice.
Notes
State Museum of Prehistory, Halle's own custodial record for the object it holds. A standing institutional or private-holder record, not a scholarly publication; use for provenance and holding-institution facts, not for the object's own history or meaning.
Citation
Publisher
State Museum of Prehistory, Halle (State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt)
URL
https://www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/
Source Type
Museum
Custodian
Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
State Museum of Prehistory, Halle
Custodian Basis
The museum's own account of its founding, governance and its custody of the Nebra Sky Disc since the 2002 recovery.
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
  • Custodians & Museums, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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