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
Penannular brooch with irregularly faceted small terminals, bronze.
Penannular brooch with irregularly faceted small terminals, bronze.
Literature:
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. (Töid ajaloo alalt, I.) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, 79-115.
Mullutu
Fragment of a flat crossbow-shaped brooch, bronze. Such brooches were widespread in Finnish, Estonian and Latvian coastal areas.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Fragment of a flat crossbow-shaped brooch, bronze. Such brooches were widespread in Finnish, Estonian and Latvian coastal areas.
Literature:
Mägi, M. 2020. Before the hill fort of Valjala was built. Landing places and graves along the Lõve River in Saaremaa. – Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis = Archeological fieldwork in Estonia 2019, 69−78. Read the article: here.
Mägi, M. 2018. In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic Sea. (The Northern World, Volume: 84). Brill; Leiden, 132-135.
Mullutu
Bronze penannular brooch with blossom-shaped terminals.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Bronze penannular brooch with blossom-shaped terminals.
Read more:
Valk, H.; Ratas, J. & Laul, S. 2014. Siksälä kalme, II. Matuste ja leidude kataloog. Tartu, 64, 157, 188, 217.
Mullutu
Finger-ring with middle shield, bronze.
Finger-ring with middle shield, bronze.
Literature:
Valk, H.; Ratas, J. & Laul, S. 2014. Siksälä kalme, II. Matuste ja leidude kataloog. Tartu.
Mullutu
Bronze box-shaped brooch with openwork ornament in Nordic Animal style. Two similar brooches have been found in Birka graves in Sweden.
Photos: Jaana Ratas.
Box-shaped brooch with openwork ornament in Nordic Animal style, bronze. Two similar brooches have been found in Birka graves in Sweden.
Literature:
Arbman, H. 1943. Birka I. Die Gräber. Text. Stockholm, Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 117-118, 467-468.
Mullutu
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..
Literature:
Kivikoski, E. 1973. Die Eisenzeit Finnlands. Bildwerk und Text. Neuausgabe. Helsinki, 92, Taf. 74.
Mullutu
Penannular brooch with poppy-shaped terminals, bronze.
Penannular brooch with poppy-shaped terminals, bronze.
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. 100-101. Read the book: here. Look at the drawings of the archaeological excavations: here.
Mullutu
Penannular brooch with small faceted terminals, bronze. The arch is decorated with “wolf teeth” ornament. Dated mainly to the 12th century, or to the beginning of the 13th century.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Penannular brooch with small faceted terminals, bronze. The arch is decorated with “wolf teeth” ornament. Dated mainly to the 12th century, or to the beginning of the 13th century.
Literature:
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. (Töid ajaloo alalt, I.) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, 79-115.
Mullutu
Penannular brooch with irregularly funnel-shaped terminals, bronze.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Penannular brooch with irregularly funnel-shaped terminals, bronze.
Literature:
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. (Töid ajaloo alalt, I.) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, 79-115.
