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.
Thimble, copper alloy.
Muhu
Needle of penannular brooch, copper alloy.
Needle of penannular brooch, copper alloy. The transition to the foot is smooth; therefore, it is probably Late Medieval or Early Modern in date.
Mount, copper alloy. Medieval or Early Modern.
Mount, copper alloy. Trapezoidal in shape, decorated with an ornament of repoussé bosses. On the narrower side there are three round perforations, and on the wider side six. The mount may have originated, for example, from a headdress or from decorative mounts, but the repoussé ornamentation points primarily to a medieval date.
Coin, Arabian silver.
Bell, copper alloy. Fragmentary, circular in form. Probably from the 12th–13th century, although it may also be later.
Coin pendant, silver. A Kufic coin with two perforations, apparently having formed part of a necklace of coins or another type of ornament.
Muhu
Bell, copper alloy. Circular, with a cruciform perforation; the suspension loop is round.
Bell, copper alloy. Circular, with a cruciform perforation; the suspension loop is round. Such examples can be dated to the 12th–13th centuries (e.g. Valk et al 2014, 168).
Valk, H., Ratas, J., Laul, S. 2014. Siksälä kalme II. Matuste ja leidude kataloog. Tartu Ülikool: Tartu.
Belt mount, copper alloy. Decorated with repoussé ornamentation, with a rivet hole in the centre. Probably Medieval (compare Spalvēna et al 2023, 32).
Spalvēna, A., Heinola, I. & Žeiere, I. (edit.) 2023. Vainagošanās. Arheoloģiskie, etnogrāfiskie un laikmetīgie vainagi Latvijas kultūrā. Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs.
