Omega primer
An Omega fibula is a bronze and later iron cloak pin to hold the clothes , with an omega-shaped ring and a needle. It belongs to the ring brooches .
The Omega Primer spreads from Spain via Gaul to the Rhine , where it is often found in military contexts. The thesis that it was brought to the Rhine by Gallo-Iberian auxiliaries, however, is unfounded. The ring ends of the 8th – 10th centuries Brooches from the 19th century and found in the Baltic Sea region and in Russia can also have shaped attachment pieces instead of being bent. The omega varies in diameter from under 2 cm to over 6 cm. It is unclear whether the small specimens were also worn as clasps. The amount of substance held together is only small with such a small diameter. Use as a children's primer is ruled out in view of the discovery of a small primer in Kalkriese . It may be used as a buckle. Leather armor with lateral ring brooches are known from Elbe Germanic graves of the 2nd century.
In addition to brooches with bent ends, there are also brooches with button-shaped or snakehead-shaped ends and those with rolled ends, as well as omega brooches with double buttons in bent-back ends, omega brooches with mushroom or acorn-shaped ends, omega brooches with flat snakehead ends and omega brooches with s-shaped curved ends The End.
