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.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Weight, cylindrical, lead. In Latvia, such weights are dated to the period from the late 10th to the late 13th 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.
Last photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, lead. 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.
Weight, cylindrical, lead. In Latvia, such weights are dated to the period from the late 10th to the late 13th 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
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings.
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings. Probably from the end of the 10th or from 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
Coin, 0.86 g. From the Namur city, the reign of Albert II around the years between 1040-1063.
Coin, 0.86 g. From the Namur city, the reign of Albert II around the years between 1040-1063.
Mullutu
The iron fragment of the opposite rivet of the rivet.
Octagonal weight, iron+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.
Mullutu
The fragment of a boat rivet, iron.
Mullutu
Boat rivet, iron.
