Database
Our database is free to use for all history and archaeology enthusiasts. If you use our database, please do not forget to cite correctly:
Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra. Archaeological Artefacts of Saaremaa. Foundation Osiliana / Tallinn University. Accessed: date.
The Osiliana Archaeological Database presents artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
The database contains mainly Iron Age and Medieval finds that can be classified.
Undated metal or other pieces were generally excluded from the database.
Ceramics are represented by isolated examples.
The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Spheric weight, bronze and iron. Such weights are dated to the late 10th and to the 11th century (Berga 2017).
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
Mullutu
Pin of a penannular brooch, copper alloy.
Pin of a penannular brooch, copper alloy.
Iron axe, M-type, later variant.
Literature:
Atgāzis, M. 1997. Āvas cirvji Latvijā. – Arheoloģija un Etnogrāfija, XIX. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, 53-63.
Fragment of an iron artefact.
Mullutu
Animal-head-shaped joining mount of belt, bronze.
Animal-head-shaped joining mount of belt, bronze.
Literature:
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. Tallinn: Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn/Center of Baltic Studies, Gotland, p. 98. Read the book: here. Look at the drawings of the archaeological excavations: here.
Mullutu
Fragment of penannular brooch, copper alloy. Massive faceted terminals.
Fragment of penannular brooch, copper alloy. Massive faceted terminals. The cross-section of the ring is hexagonal, decorated with small triangulars.
Read more:
Mägi-Lõugas, M. 1994. Eesti viikingiaegsed hoburaudsõled ja nende ornament. – Eesti TA Toim. Humanitaar- ja Sotsiaalteadused 43, 4 (465-484). Read the ENG conclusion (p. 483-483): here.
Mullutu
Fragment of sword scabbard end, bronze. Type I according to Kazakevićius , widespread in Couronia, Prussia and Saaremaa.
Fragment of sword scabbard end, bronze. Type I according to Kazakevićius , widespread in Couronia, Prussia and Saaremaa.
Literature:
Kazakevićius, V. 1998. Iś velyvojo geleźies amźiaus baltu ginklu istorijos (kalaviju makśtu galu apkalai). – Lietuvos Archeoligija, 15. Vilnius, 290-291.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Literature:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Literature:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
