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.
Mullutu
Iron knife.
Mullutu
Fragment of an iron artefact (knife tange?)
Mullutu
Iron knife.
Mullutu
The fragment of an iron knife tang.
Mullutu
Tang, iron. Most likely belonging to a knife.
Mullutu
Knife fragment, iron. Most likely tang of a knife.
Mullutu
Knife, iron.
Valjala hillfort
Iron knife, found under the southern wall of the hill-fort.
Iron knife, found under the southern wall of the hill-fort. Such knives are normally dated to the 13th-14th century or later (Holtmann 2002, 101-108).
Literature:
Holtmann, W. 2002. Untersuchungen zu mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Messern dargestellt am Beispiel von archäologischen Funden vornehmlich aus dem weiteren Küstenbereich von Nord- und Ostsee bis zur Mittelgebirgszone. Katalog Teil II. Göttingen.
Valjala hillfort
Knife.
