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; 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.
Viltina
Penannular brooch with rolled terminals, copper alloy.
Penannular brooch with rolled terminals, copper alloy. The arch is flat. Such penannular brooches are known from stone graves with cremations as well as from 13th-century inhumations, e. g. in Karja (Saaremaa) and Pada (North-Estonia) (Mägi 2002, 100, Pl. 122, 127).
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. Gotland University College, Centre for Baltic Studies; Institute of History, Department of Archaeology. Tallinn, 2002.
Viltina
Penannular brooch with short, rolled terminals, copper alloy.
Penannular brooch with short, rolled terminals, 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). The earliest such brooches in Estonia can, according to the present data, dated to the 9th century, but they can also be found as late as in the 13th-century inhumations (Mägi-Lõugas 1994, 473; Mägi 2002, 100).
Mägi-Lõugas, M. 1994. Eesti viikingiaegsed hoburaudsôled ja nende ornament. – Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised, Humanitaar- ja Sotsiaalteadused 1994, 43: 4, 465-484.
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. Gotland University College, Centre for Baltic Studies; Institute of History, Department of Archaeology. Tallinn, 2002.
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.
Penannular brooch, copper alloy. With a hexagonal cross-section of the arch.
Viltina
Penannular brooch with flat knob-shaped terminal, copper alloy.
Penannular brooch with flat knob-shaped terminal, copper alloy. The arch is concave. Probably belongs to the 12th or 13th century.
Penannular brooch, copper alloy. With a circular cross-section of the arch.
Penannular brooch, copper alloy. With a rhomb-shaped cross-section of the arch. Such brooches were widespread in Estonian stone graves (see e.g. Mägi 2002; Mandel 2017), but also occurred in inhumation graves, and can be dated up to the the mid-13th century.
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.
Viltina
Penannular brooch with faceted terminals, copper alloy.
Penannular brooch with faceted terminals, copper alloy. With a rhomb-shaped cross-section of the ring, the ring decorated with “wolf-teeth” ornament. The pin has a broad base. Such brooches were widespread in Estonian stone graves (see e.g. Pauts 1997, 197; Mägi 2002; Mandel 2017), but also occurred in inhumation graves, and can be dated up to the the mid-13th century.
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. – Eesti Ajaloomuuseum. Töid ajaloo alalt, I. Tallinn, 79–115.
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.
Viltina
Penannular brooch with faceted terminals, copper alloy.
Penannular brooch with faceted terminals, copper alloy. With a rhomb-shaped cross-section of the ring, the ring decorated with “wolf-teeth” ornament. The pin has a broad base. Such brooches were widespread in Estonian stone graves (see e.g. Pauts 1997, 197; Mägi 2002; Mandel 2017), but also occurred in inhumation graves, and can be dated up to the the mid-13th century.
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. – Eesti Ajaloomuuseum. Töid ajaloo alalt, I. Tallinn, 79–115.
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.
