CIRCA 6TH CENTRUY A.D.

The clasp is an openwork roundel with central raised boss and Greek inscription added in filigree reading "Zenobias". For a discussion of the different techniques used in pierced openwork jewellery of this period see B. L. Toth, 'The Six Techniques of Pierced Openwork Jewellery in Late Antiquity and Their Evolution', in Intelligible Beauty, London, 2010, pp. 1-12.