Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Penannular brooch, copper alloy. Tvisted ring and lily-shaped terminals. Somewhat similar brooch was found in buril No 1 at Valjala churchyard in 1971 (Mägi et al 2019). Based on the shape of the ring, as well as similar brooches in inhumation graves in Couronia and in St Peter’s churchyard in Riga, the brooch can be dated to the 13th-14th century, although similar types were used until the third quarter of the 15th century (Vaska 2017, 62-64).
Literature:
Vaska, B. 2017. Rotas un ornaments Latvijā no 13.gs. līdz 18.gs. vidum. Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs. Rīga.
Mägi, M.; Malve, M. & Toome, T. 2019. Early Christian burials at Valjala churchyard, Saaremaa. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2018, 93−118, 94. Loe artiklit: siin.
