Database
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!
Mullutu
Spur, iron. Second half of the 13th century or the 14th century.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Spur, iron. Second half of the 13th century or the 14th century.
Read more:
Ellis, M. A. 2004. Spurs and spur-fittings. – The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c. 1150-c. 1450. Ed. By J. Clark, J. Boydell Press, 127-128.
Tereśko, J. 2020. Rīgā atrastie 11.-14. gadsimta pieśi. – Senā Rīga. Pētījumi pilsētas arheoloģijā un vesture, 10. Rīga: Zinātne, 99-115.
Mullutu
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings, iron + bronze . Probably from the end of the 10th or from the 11th. century (Berga 2017).
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings, iron + bronze . Probably from the end of the 10th or from 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.
Ice cleat, iron.
Fragment of scythe, iron.
Horse bits, iron.
Read more:
Nowakowski, A. 1994. Arms and Armour in Medieval Prussia. Studies on the history of ancient and medieval art of warfare. Łódź, fig. 20.
Mullutu
Buckle, iron.
Mullutu
Axe, iron.
Mullutu
Penannular brooch with small faceted terminals, bronze. From the end of the 12th century or from the 13th century.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Penannular brooch with small faceted terminals, bronze. From the end of the 12th century or from the 13th century.
Read more:
Pauts, H. (1997). Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. (Töid ajaloo alalt, I.) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, 79-115.
Octagonal weight, iron+bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Read more:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
