Ring brooch
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Ring brooches (or buckle brooches ) were widely used in the provincial-Roman and Germanic areas and are from the 6th century BC. Dated to the 14th century AD. The term "fibula" is derived from the Latin word "fibula" and means "clasp". Ring brooches were found u. a. in the hoard of Ardagh , as thistle brooch from Ballynolan , in the depot find from Penrith , in the equestrian grave of Hankenbostel and in the ship grave of Ballateare .
Since the 13th century BC Until the Middle Ages, fibulae were widely used in Europe as clasps. They were used instead of buttons to hold clothes together. Decoration and function came together here. The primer is one of the most important leading forms of prehistory and early history.
The Ballyspellan brooch , a ring brooch from the 9th century, has a four-line Ogham inscription on the reverse . It was discovered in the Irish county of Kilkenny .
literature
- Oscar Almgren: Studies on Northern European fibula forms of the first centuries AD . Leipzig 1923.
- Heinrich Beck u. a. (Ed.): Fibel and Fibeltracht . In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 8, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-016858-8 , pp. 411-607.
- Ronald Heynowski: Primers. recognize · determine · describe. (= Determination Book Archeology 1 ), 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-07119-3 , p. 46.
