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.
Ure
Melted piece of bronze.
Ure
Flat ring, silver.
Ure
Potsherd.
Ure
Piece of silver, melted.
Ure
Flat disc, iron. 3 mm in height and with a hole at the center.
Ure
Melted piece of silver.
Spearhead, iron. Petersen’s K-type, but with a slightly unusually long socket (Petersen 1919, 31-33). Belongs to the 10th or early 11th century (Pedersen 2014, 92).
Literature:
Pedersen, A. 2014. Dead Warriors – a study of weapon and equestrian burials in viking-age Denmark, AD 800-1000. National Museum Studies in Archaeology. University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense.
Petersen, J. 1919. De norske vikingesverd. En typologisk-kronologisk studie over vikingetidens vaaben. (Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter II. Hist. – Filos. klasse 1.) Kristiania.
Upa
Cross-headed pin, bronze. The pin-head has rounded ends, connected by curved branches. Shaft broken. Such small pins are characteristic of 13th-century inhumations, they are rare in prehistoric stone graves.
Laheküla
Buckle, iron. With square frame. Probably 12th-14th century, but may be later.
Buckle, iron. With square frame. Probably 12th-14th century, but may be later.
