Some cultural context, this bowl is probably associated with the Urnfield culture, a wide-spread cultural horizon that was probably associated with Indo-Europea

Some cultural context, this bowl is probably associated with the Urnfield culture, a wide-spread cultural horizon that was probably associated with Indo-European language speakers (probably late proto-Indo-European or pre-proto-Celtic). The sun motif is naturally widespread among many unrelated cultures, but in this case is probably associated with a dawn or sun deity (*seh₂u-el, cognate with Sol, Helios, etc). Sometimes female, sometimes male depending on the culture and period, but in this period, probably female.