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The "Osterby Man" was found in a peat bog in 1948 near Osterby, Germany, and has been dated to between 75 and 130 CE. He sports a Suebian knot, a hairstyle associated with the Suebi (Alemanni).
State Archaeological Museum at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Germany.
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