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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Knife, iron. With a curved 3-mm-wide back.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:14

Potsherd.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:20

Pin of the brooch, bronze or silver. It might have belonged to a similar brooch as SM10862:51. The part of the head is twisted into a loop and between this loop there seems to be an iron residue, i.e. a remnant of the spiral axis.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:23

Melted piece, silver or bronze.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:27

Iron fragment (of a spearhead socket?). A curved plate. In that case, the diameter of the socket would be around 2.5 cm.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:28

Crossbow brooch fragment, bronze or silver. Piece of the spring of the arch. Inside are traces of iron rod.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:30

Knife fragment, iron. Tang and part of the blade. The cross-section of the tang is flat quadrilateral and the transition to the blade is smooth.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:31

Propeller-shaped mount, bronze. It has been hanging from a belt, fixed with the broken part.

Century:
3-4
Discovery code:
SM 10863:33

Knife fragment, piece of the blade, iron.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:36

The negative value refers to time Before Christ.