Gürtelschnallen des 6. bis 8. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung des Studium Biblicum Franciscanum

The article presents a catalogue with a short typo-chronological discussion of the Byzantine belt buckles kept in the Museum of the SBF. Most of the 15 buckles were acquired from the antique market. But without doubt, they come from Israel or Jordan. The buckles are dated in the second half of the 6th and 7th century AD. It is supposed that some buckles also continued to be used in Ummayad times. In this context the buckles with long U-shaped plate demand special attention.