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.
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Nail, iron.
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Iron boat rivet (?)
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Dirham fragment. Samanid dynasty, the reign of Nasr ibn Ahmad. 0.69 g, year 308 (Islamic calendar).
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Dirham fragment. Samanid dynasty, the reign of Nasr ibn Ahmad. 0.69 g, year 308 (Islamic calendar).
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Fragment of penannular brooch with short and narrow rolled terminal, copper alloy.
Fragment of penannular brooch with short and narrow rolled terminal, copper alloy. This type of penannular brooches were in ethnic Baltic areas used during a longer period, 8th-14th century (Vaska 2017, 26; 2019, 201). This fragment can, based on the shape of the terminal, dated to the 8th-9th century (Mägi-Lõugas 1994).
Literature:
Mägi-Lõugas, M. 1994. Eesti viikingiaegsed hoburaudsõled ja nende ornament. – Eesti TA Toim. Humanitaar- ja Sotsiaalteadused 43, 4 (465-484). Read the ENG conclusion (p. 483-483): here.
Vaska, B. 2017. Rotas un ornaments Latvijā no 13.gs. līdz 18.gs. vidum. Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs. Rīga.
Vaska, B. 2019. Rotas un ornaments Latvijā no bronzas laikmeta līdz 13. gadsimtam. Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs. Rīga.
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Bronze ingot.
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Pin of a penannular brooch (?), copper alloy.
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Coin, 0.1 g. From the city of Golsar, the reign of Otto and Adelheid (985-…).
Coin, 0.1 g. From the city of Golsar, the reign of Otto and Adelheid (985-…).
Jagged flat belt mount, bronze.
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Semicircular chain holder, bronze, tinned. Fragment of one end.
Semicircular chain holder, bronze, tinned. Fragment of one end. Such chain holders were widespread in Couronia and Semgallia with dress pins dated to the 7th-9th century (Griciuvienė 2005, 98; 2009, 135; Bliujienė 1999, 138-149) but one specimen is also known from Rahu grave in Saaremaa, where it is together with 10th-century triangular-headed pins with leaf ornament (Mägi 2002, 223).
Literature:
Bliujienė, A. 1999. Vikingų epochos kuršių papuošalų ornamentika. Vilnius: Diemedžio Leidykla.
Griciuvienė, E. (prepared by) 2005. Žiemgaliai. Baltų archeologijos paroda. Katalogas. The Semigallians. Baltic Archaeological Exhibition. Catalogue. Vilnius – Riga, Lietuvos nacionalis muziejus; Latvijas Vēstures muzejs
Griciuvienė, E. (prepared by) 2009. Kuršiai. Genties kultūra laidosenos duomenimis. Baltų archeologijos paroda. Katalogas. The Curonians. Tribe Culture According to the Burial Data. Baltic Archaeological Exhibition. Catalogue. Vilnius – Riga, Lietuvos nacionalis muziejus; Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. Tallinn: Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn/Center of Baltic Studies, Gotland. Read the book: here. Look at the drawings of the archaeological excavations: here.
