page_title: Landesmuseum Hannover
section_title: Archaeology
hierarchical_section_title: Landesmuseum Hannover / Collections / Archaeology
caption_attribution_description: English: Gold lunula (plural: lunulae) is a distinctive type of early Bronze Age necklace shaped like a crescent moon. Gold Lunula are found most commonly in Ireland, but there are moderate numbers in other parts of Europe as well, particularly Great Britain. This Gold lunula is found during April 1911 in Schulenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Her size is 171&#160;x&#160;176x&#160;0,5&#160;mm. She weighs 117,7&#160;grams and consist of 94&#160;% gold. Deutsch: Die Goldlunula (plural: Goldlunulae) ist eine vermutlich in Irland in der frühen Bronzezeit aus Gold gefertigte Lunula. Sie erinnert durch ihre goldene Farbe und ihre sichelartige Form an das Aussehen der Mondsichel. Deshalb ist ihr Name abgeleitet von dem lateinischen Wort lunula = Mond. Diese Goldlunula von Schulenburg wurde Anfang April 1911 in Schulenburg in Niedersachsen gefunden. Ihre Maße sind 171&#160;x&#160;176x&#160;0,5&#160;mm. Sie wiegt 117,7&#160;Gramm und besteht zu 94&#160;% aus Gold.
context_page_description: The Landesmuseum Hannover, or Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover is the museum of Lower Saxony in Hanover, Germany. It is located opposite the New City Hall. The museum comprises the State Gallery, featuring paintings and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, plus departments of archaeology, natural history and ethnology. The museum includes a vivarium with fish, amphibians, reptiles and arthropods.
context_section_description: The Lower Saxony State Museum has a major archaeological collection, containing some unique finds.  With over a million artifacts showing the economic and technological development of human settlement, the display covers almost 500,000 years of history, spanning the Early Stone Age to the late Middle Ages, from the early hunter-gatherer cultures to the blossoming of metropolitan life.  The archaeology department is supported by the Lower Saxony State Society of Prehistory (Niedersächsischer Landesverein für Urgeschichte), and its working group "Arbeitskreis... STEINZEIT".
caption: The Gold Lunula of Schulenburg, discovered 1911.
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