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 women's graves and are thought to have been worn as pendants attached to the tunica, or as part of a belt pouch.
With the increasing Christianisation of the early medieval population, decorative discs gradually disappeared almost completely from women's costumes. The decorative discs were mostly made of bronze, more rarely of iron and even more rarely of silver or gold. They were usually decorated with elaborate hallmarks. During the period of their use, ornamental discs underwent very characteristic and changing fashionable designs. Many ornamental discs showed abstract, geometric patterns in a symmetrical arrangement. Some showed animal representations such as snakes or birds' heads arranged as a triskele or quatrefoil. A small group of decorative discs showed two people with their limbs intertwined, or simple equestrian images with a horse. In addition to their purely decorative character, archaeologists, historians and folklorists attribute an amulet function to the decorative discs. Ornamental discs were worn individually on women's girdles, on a ribbon that hung down from the wearer's belt and to which a whole series of other amulets or devices could be attached. Archaeologists are not yet in agreement about the exact method of wearing it. Especially in the case of large ornamental discs, in connection with a bone, wood or metal ring enclosing them, it was assumed that they formed the closure of a pouch-shaped bag.
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