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
Round pendant, decorated with Broa Style. Bronze, gilded.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Round pendant, decorated with Broa Style. Bronze, gilded.
Mullutu
Horse or dog figure of bronze. Since such figures are frequently found together with weights, they are often interpreted as a sort of weight as well.
Photos: Jaana Ratas.
Horse or dog figure of bronze. Since such figures are frequently found together with weights, they are often interpreted as a sort of weight as well.
Literature:
Kiudsoo, M. & Russow, E. 2011. Hoards discovered in 2010. – Archaeological Fieldworks in Estonia 2010, 225-232, fig. 7.
Mullutu
Pendant, bronze. Similar pendants were widespread in Couronia and Semigallia.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Pendant, bronze. Similar pendants were widespread in Couronia and Semigallia.
Mullutu
Gotlandic-Baltic type buckle, silver or lead.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Gotlandic-Baltic type buckle, silver or lead.
Literature:
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, p. 97. Read the book: here. Look at the drawings of the archaeological excavations: here.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Bell, bronze.
Mullutu
Knife handle of bronze and iron. On facets text DAAM-+G-LE, and MÆ-N-EB-TS.
Knife handle of bronze and iron. On facets text DAAM-+G-LE, and MÆ-N-EB-TS.
Mullutu
Drawshave, iron. Similar ones are known e.g. from Kirimäe deposit. The type can be dated to a long period.
Drawshave, iron. Similar ones are known e.g. from Kirimäe deposit. The type can be dated to a long period.
Read more:
Tvauri, A. 2012. The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. (Estonian Archaeology, 4). Tartu University Press, Tartu, 127, fig. 83.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Spur, iron.
Literature
Tvauri, A. 2012. The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. (Estonian Archaeology, 4). Tartu University Press, Tartu, 186.
Mullutu
Buckle, iron. Probably from horse bridle.
Buckle, iron. Probably from horse bridle.
