The Osiliana archaeological database brings together artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
Most of Saaremaa’s archaeological finds are held in the collection of the Saaremaa Museum and in the Tallinn University Research Collection.
We are gradually adding more and more finds and hope that it will become a useful tool for all history and archaeology enthusiasts!
Bronze disc-shaped brooch with openwork ornament. Such brooches were widespread mainly in Finland, but have been recently found more and more in Estonia as well.
Photos: Jaana Ratas.
Disc-shaped brooch with openwork ornament, bronze. Such brooches were widespread mainly in Finland, but have been recently found more and more in Estonia as well..
Read more:
Kivikoski, E. 1973. Die Eisenzeit Finnlands. Bildwerk und Text. Neuausgabe. Helsinki, 92, Taf. 74.
Spheric weight. Iron and bronze (?)
Read more:
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.
Spheric weight, bronze and iron. Such weights are dated to the late 10th and to 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.
Belt-fitting, bronze.
Iron axe, M-type, later variant.
Read more:
Atgāzis, M. 1997. Āvas cirvji Latvijā. – Arheoloģija un Etnogrāfija, XIX. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, 53-63.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Spherical weight, iron and bronze. Seven circles on the faces. Such weights are dated to the late 11th century and to the 12th century in Latvia (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.
Spherical weight, iron and bronze. Marks on faces have not survived.
Read more:
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.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Iron crossbow head. Such heads have been found in several medieval castles and in 2012 also from Haapsalu.
Read more:
Griciuvienė, E. (prepared by) 2005. Žiemgaliai. Baltų archeologijos paroda. Katalogas. The Semigallians. Baltic Archaeological Exhibition. Catalogue. Vilnius – Riga, Lietuvos nacionalis muziejus; Latvijas Vēstures muzejs, 202.
Russow, E. & Allmäe, R. 2013. From a suburban pasture to the urban cemetery – recent fieldwork in north-western corner of medieval Haapsalu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2012, 217-232, fig. 7.
Bronze ring-headed dress pin. A similar pin was e g in Keila deposit find. The pin type was widespread in coastal Estonia, coastal Finland and coastal Latvia.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Ring-headed dress pin, bronze. A similar pin was e g in Keila deposit find. The pin type was widespread in coastal Estonia, coastal Finland and coastal Latvia.
Read more:
Mägi, M. (1997). Decorative pins of the merovingian and viking ages in Estonia: foreign and local. (EST: Eesti merovingi- ja viikingiaegsed rinnanõelad – võõrapärased ja omad.) Estonian Journal of Archaeology, 1, 26−83. Read the article (ENG p. 58-73): here.
The negative value refers to time Before Christ.