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Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra; Niinesalu-Moon, Maris; Rannaäär, Karin; Leiman, Lisanna Lee. 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.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa and in western Estonia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa and in western Estonia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa and in western Estonia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Fragment of a spur, iron. Poorly preserved, therefore it cannot be dated more precisely; probably 10th–12th century (Kirpichnikov 1973, 123; Pedersen 2014, 103–104).
Кирпичников А.Н. 1973. Снаряжение всадника и верхового коня на Руси IX-XIII вв. — Л.: Наука, 1973.
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.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa, western Estonia and Couronia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Svarāne 2013; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII). This mount had probably been plated with silver (cf. Puciriuss 2024, 11–12).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Svarāne, D. 2013. Pētījumi Latvijas seno metālu tehnoloģijā 11.-17.gs. Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds. Rīga.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Puciriuss, E. 2024. Taušeerimistehnoloogia kasutamine Eesti arheoloogiliste leidude näitel. Magistritöö, TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia. Viljandi.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Part of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa, western Estonia and Couronia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Svarāne 2013; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII). This mount had probably been plated with silver (cf. Puciriuss 2024, 11–12).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Svarāne, D. 2013. Pētījumi Latvijas seno metālu tehnoloģijā 11.-17.gs. Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds. Rīga.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Puciriuss, E. 2024. Taušeerimistehnoloogia kasutamine Eesti arheoloogiliste leidude näitel. Magistritöö, TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia. Viljandi.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa, western Estonia and Couronia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Svarāne 2013; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII). These mounts had probably been plated with silver (cf. Puciriuss 2024, 11–12).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Svarāne, D. 2013. Pētījumi Latvijas seno metālu tehnoloģijā 11.-17.gs. Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds. Rīga.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Puciriuss, E. 2024. Taušeerimistehnoloogia kasutamine Eesti arheoloogiliste leidude näitel. Magistritöö, TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia. Viljandi.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, 2, iron.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, 2, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa, western Estonia and Couronia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Svarāne 2013; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII). These mounts had probably been plated with silver (cf. Puciriuss 2024, 11–12).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Svarāne, D. 2013. Pētījumi Latvijas seno metālu tehnoloģijā 11.-17.gs. Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds. Rīga.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Puciriuss, E. 2024. Taušeerimistehnoloogia kasutamine Eesti arheoloogiliste leidude näitel. Magistritöö, TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia. Viljandi.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, iron.
Parts of bridle or other horse equipment, iron. Mounts from horse equipment are relatively common in cremation burials on Saaremaa and in western Estonia (Mägi 2002, 95-96; Mandel 2017, 75-76, Pl. XXXI, XXXII).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
The negative value refers to time Before Christ.