Zierscheibe

Zierscheibe

Zierscheibe

Metal jewellery

Zierscheibe (German for "ornamental disk") in archaeology is the term for a kind of metal jewellery dating to the European Iron Age. They are found in graves and are thought to have been worn as pendants attached to the tunica, or as part of a belt pouch.

Zierscheibe, part of a woman's belt from the Villanovan necropolis of Verucchio, Italy, 700-800 BC
Alemannic Zierscheibe from Herbrechtingen (6th century)

Early examples date to the Late Bronze Age (ca. 800 BC). They develop into characteristic designs notably attested from Alamannic graves from the migration period.

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