Abstract: The invention pertains to a metallic flat gasket with at least one metallic layer, wherein the metallic gasket features at least one sealing area and a compression limiting area that is realized in the form of a corrugated profile in at least one layer of the metallic gasket, wherein the corrugated profile is formed in the area of the compression limiter by several corrugations that extend on concentric circular lines. At least one first corrugation extends along at least one predetermined arc of a circle and does not extend in at least one predetermined sector of a circle. The flat gasket features at least one second interrupted corrugation that extends concentric to the first corrugation, has a different radius than the first corrugation and extends at least in the sector of a circle, in which the first corrugation does not extend, and does not extend in at least one sector of a circle, in which the first corrugation extends.