Zierscheibe

Zierscheibe, part of a woman's belt from the Villanovan necropolis of Verucchio, Italy, 800-700 BC.
Alemannic Zierscheibe from Herbrechtingen (6th century). Similar jewellery has also been dated to the 7th century.[1][2]

Zierscheibe (German for "ornamental disk") in archaeology is the term for a kind of metal jewellery dating to the European Iron Age.[3][4] These disks are sometimes found in graves, and are thought to have been worn as pendants attached to the tunica, or as part of a belt pouch.[5][6]

Early examples date to the Late Bronze Age (ca. 800 BC).[7][8] They develop into characteristic designs notably attested from Alamannic graves from the migration period.[9][10]

Some scholars have suggested that these disks might have inspired the artist behind the Wewelsburg mosaic to create the Black Sun, a far-right Nazi symbol.[11][12] Researcher Daniela Siepe says, however, that "such a connection has yet to be confirmed through reliable sources".[13]

Decorative elements of a female belt in the 47 tomb, necropolis of Lippi, Verucchio. Product of the Villanovian culture, 700-600 BC.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Openwork Belt Fitting - Frankish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  2. ↑ "Openwork Belt Fitting - Frankish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2025-08-15. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  3. ↑ Khomiakova, Olga (2015-09-30). "Disc Brooches of Dollkeim-Kovrovo Culture. The Question of the Origin of Ornaments in the Southeast Baltic in the First Centuries AD". Archaeologia Baltica. 21–22: 14–39. doi:10.15181/ab.v1i0.1133. ISSN 1392-5520.
  4. ↑ L. Kasen, Victor Ordell (1997). "The Controversy of the 'Schwarze Sonne'". www.oocities.org.
  5. ↑ Motschi, Andreas (2007-01-01). "Das spätrömisch-frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld von Oberbuchsiten (SO)". Collectio archaeologica.
  6. ↑ "Svastika". www.obchodjitrenka.cz. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  7. ↑ "SYMBOLS AND CODES OF THE EXTREME RIGHT AS APPROPRIATIONS OF THE GERMANIC PAST" (PDF). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. 2020.
  8. ↑ Koch, Ursula (2017). "Merowingische Zierscheiben mit einem gekreuzten Menschenpaar". Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt (in German). 47 (4): 533–547. doi:10.11588/ak.2017.4.75174. ISSN 2364-4729.
  9. ↑ "Far Right Usage of Pagan and Nordic Iconography". Grey Dynamics. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  10. ↑ Andreas (2017-07-04). "Die Schwarze Sonne - ein böses Zeichen? | Black Metal Germania" (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  11. ↑ Goodrick-Clarke (2002), p. 148.
  12. ↑ Siepe (2022), p. 144.
  13. ↑ Siepe (2022), p. 145.

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