--- title: Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE author: Swiss National Museum source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9878/bronze-age-gold-bowl-detail-1100-bce/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) updated: 1970-01-01 --- # Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE _Authored by Swiss National Museum_ ## Image File [![Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9878.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9878.jpg) ## Image Caption Bowl, [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/). c. 1100 BCE. Zurich-Altstetten. Canton of Zurich. With images of stags and does grazing under round suns and crescent moons, this heavy vessel made of pure gold depicts both heaven and earth. It was buried by a farming community as a gift to the gods in the hope that this would bring fertility to their fields and livestock. Swiss National Museum. Find out more: [The Gold Digger of Altstetten](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2017/12/the-gold-digger-of-altstetten/). #### Editorial Review This human-authored image has been reviewed by our editorial team before publication to ensure accuracy, reliability and adherence to academic standards in accordance with our [editorial policy](https://www.worldhistory.org/static/editorial-policy/). ## Cite This Work ### APA Museum, S. N. (2019, January 23). Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Museum, Swiss National. "Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2019. . ### MLA Museum, Swiss National. "Bronze Age Gold Bowl Detail, 1100 BCE." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2019, . ## License & Copyright © [Swiss National Museum](https://www.nationalmuseum.ch). Republished with permission. Original image by **Swiss National Museum**. Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 23 January 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.