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near Sassari. Of Gothic manufacture, it is the sole material evidence of popula-
tion movement across the island (Fig. 16.3).10
Among the rings, both male and female, a gold one with an amethyst from
Cornus (Oristano), and another, also in gold, with the monogram “Aster” in-
cised between a star and a cross, from Ittiri (Sassari),11 are distinguished by
their precious quality (Fig. 16.4). The most common rings are bronze, or less
frequently, silver, with a flat mount or a conical trunk, decorated with incised
10 Daniela Rovina, La sezione medievale, p. 47, fig. 51.
11 Caprara, “Tarda antichità e alto medioevo.”
Figure 16.3 Silver fibula with a turtle head and arched body, decorated with enamel
(5th–6th c.).